Directed by
Roman Polanski
From the Tragedy by
William Shakespeare
Screenplay
Roman Polanski
Kenneth Tynan
Cinematographer
Gilbert Taylor
Editor
Alistair McIntyre
Production Designer
Wilfrid Shingleton
Bryan Graves
Costume Designer
Anthony Mendleson
Special Effects
Ted Samuels
Music
The Third Ear Band
Sound
Simon Kaye
Jonathan Bates
Main Cast
Jon Finch
Francesca Annis
Martin Shaw
Terence Bayler
John Stride
Nicholas Selby
Stephan Chase
Paul Shelley
Maisie MacFarquhar
Elsie Taylor
Noelle Rimmington
Noel Davis
Richard Pearson
Production
Caliban Films, Playboy Productions
Great Britain
1971
140’
35mm, COL. (35mm, COL.
(DCP – restored by Sony Pictures Entertainment, 2014)
Language
Original English language version with Italian subtitles
World Sales
Park Circus Limited
Synopsis
Returning from battle, Macbeth and Banquo, both generals under Duncan, the King of Scotland, meet three witches who salute Macbeth as lord of Cawdor and then as king, and salute Banquo as the progenitor of the royal line. Informed of the prophecy, Lady Macbeth forces her husband to kill Duncan and become king. Fearing Banquo will betray him, Macbeth has him killed as well, but Banquo returns as a ghost to haunt him. After the witches tell him that he cannot be defeated by any man born of a woman and that he will reign as long as Birman forest stays put, Macbeth is attacked by Duncan’s son Malcolm and Macduff, whose wife and children Macbeth has killed. Driven mad, Lady Macbeth kills herself while Macbeth, after having seen his enemies’ armies advance on the castle using tree branches and leaves as camouflage, is killed by Macduff, who was drawn early from his mother’s womb.
booking info
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