The film follows a heartless ambitious Scottish lord who attains and remains his power with the help of his scheming wife and witches. His violence makes everything seem to be a nightmare.
24 July 1909, London, England, UK
1947, UK
August 27, 1909 in Casal Paola, Malta
21 January 1945, Birmingham, England, UK
1947, London, England, UK
24 January 1930, Wanganui, New Zealand
11 February 1918, Dover, Kent, England, UK
1 August 1937, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK
2 October 1938, Thames, New Zealand
29 January 1939, Hampstead, North London, England, UK
18 August 1959
1948 in London, England, UK
17 January 1957, Liverpool, England, UK
2 March 1942, Caterham, Surrey, England, UK
17 April 1944, Derby, Derbyshire, England, UK
July 7, 1925 in Mile End, London, England, UK
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11 July 1936, London, England, UK
1939 in Stalybridge, Lancashire, England, UK
September 29, 2014
It's a model of how to stay true to Shakespeare and film without sacrificing one for the other, and if that wasn't evident in 1971, it ought to be obvious now.
June 24, 2006
Polanski's evident desire to elicit understated, naturalistic performances from his cast also underplays the poetry of the play...
October 23, 2004
This is an original film by an original film artist, and not an 'interpretation.'
March 26, 2009
Does Polanski's Macbeth work? Not especially, but it was an admirable try.
May 04, 2004
The film's bear-baiting, barnyard pageantry is less convincing than its clammy locations.
May 12, 2012
If you're a fan of Shakespeare or Polanski, you won't want to miss this.
August 17, 2010
a bloody, rip-roaring good time
September 23, 2014
I don't know that there's a clear winner in the contest for Roman Polanski's bleakest depiction of human nature. But "Macbeth" is indisputably in the running.
September 23, 2014
not only represents an apex of Polanski's darkest sensibilities, but it is one of the most fascinating of Shakespearean adaptations
December 06, 2009
Polanski's worldview of brutish power-plays couldn't be more at home in Shakespeare's medieval times
July 03, 2008
The wide-screen visuals swamp the dialogue, and the thematics have been turned inside out -- but that's what movie adaptations ought to do.
April 19, 2016
A masterful adaptation of a master by a master.
