Macbeth

Name: Macbeth
Genre: Drama
Released: 1948-10-01
Duration: 1 h 47 min
Rating: 7.4
Cast: Orson Welles, Jeanette Nolan, Dan O'Herlihy, Roddy McDowall, Edgar Barrier

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Macbeth (1948)

Timing: 1:47 (107 min)

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Release date

1948-10-01

Country

United States

Production

Mercury Productions, Republic Pictures

Genre

Drama

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Director

Orson Welles

Actors

Orson Welles, Jeanette Nolan, Dan O'Herlihy, Roddy McDowall, Edgar Barrier, Alan Napier, Erskine Sanford, John Dierkes, Keene Curtis, Peggy Webber
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Scenario

Producer

Orson Welles

Camera operator

John L. Russell

Composer

Artist

Audition

Editing

Louis Lindsay
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Short description

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 commits a treasonous act and takes the throne for himself.

What's left behind the scenes

Judith Anderson (1897-1992), who successfully played Lady Macbeth with Maurice Evans (1901-1989), was one of the few actresses whose suitability for the role Orson Welles (1915-1985) did not test. The director wanted Lady Macbeth to look seductive, and he tried to get Vivian Leigh (1913-1967) for the role, but her then-husband, Laurence Olivier (1907-1989), opposed it.
In the original version of the film, which lasted 107 minutes, the actors spoke with Scottish accents. After a disastrous world premiere, this version was withdrawn from release. It resurfaced only in the 1980s.