Macbeth
December 17, 2008Orson Welles’ Macbeth
Call Number: VHS00522 Copy 1
VHS00522 Copy 2
VHS00522 Copy 3
by Orson Welles; Jeanette Nolan; Dan O’Herlihy; Edgar Barrier; Alan Napier; Roddy McDowall; Charles K Feldman; Jacques Ibert; William Shakespeare; Mercury Acting Company.; Republic Pictures Corporation.; Republic Pictures Home Video (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Copy 1,3: Los Angeles, CA : Republic Pictures Home Video, ©1992. Copy 2: Los Angeles, CA : Republic Pictures Home Video, ©1988;
Notes: Originally released in 1948 (112 mins.); Based on the play by William Shakespeare; edition is original and uncut version of the film,Copy 1,3: Digitally mastered.
Summary: In this classic story of murder, witchcraft, and revenge, Macbeth, driven by overwhelming ambition and an unscrupulous wife murders the King of Scotland and claims the throne for himself. He begins a violent reign of terror and execution in a desperate attempt to maintain his power. Haunted by ghosts and vexed by witches, he and his wife rapidly descend into the depths of madness and paranoia as the weight of their crimes proves their undoing.
OCLC #: 27839400
Added: December 17, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
