Macbeth Film Orson Welles

Macbeth Film Orson Welles. Original Film Title MACBETH. English Title MACBETH. Film Director ORSON WELLES. Year 1948 Having already staged Shakespeare's MacBeth more than once on the stage, in 1948, Welles endeavored to bring it to the silver screen Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders his king and takes the throne for himself.

Having already staged Shakespeare's MacBeth more than once on the stage, in 1948, Welles endeavored to bring it to the silver screen The film stars Welles in the lead role and Jeanette Nolan (in her feature film debut) as Lady Macbeth.

Macbeth Orson Welles, 1948 Lady Macbeth, Drame, William Shakespeare, Edition Collector, Horror

Macbeth is a 1948 American historical drama directed by Orson Welles Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders his king and takes the throne for himself.

(1948) Orson Welles, Nolan, Dan O'Herlihy. Director Orson Welles. IMDB 7.5. Orson Welles first rose to fame with revisionist takes on William Shakespeare's work, among them a 1937 theatrical production of Julius Caesar set in a fascist state and, a year earlier, Voodoo Macbeth, which relocated the plot of Macbeth to Haiti and featured an entirely black cast With Orson Welles, Jeanette Nolan, Dan O'Herlihy, Roddy McDowall

Orson Welles film of MACBETH (1948), with Orson Welles and Nolan as Lord and Lady. The result is a Republic Pictures release directed by Welles with him also starring as MacBeth, with Jeanette Nolan as Lady Macbeth, and with Dan O'Herlihy and Roddy McDowall Misunderstood and dismissed, Macbeth is still an important work in the career of Orson Welles and among one of his best works overall.