To Kill a King

To Kill a King

2003 · 102 min · EN · 5.7 (53 votes)
Dir. Mike Barker · Starring Tim Roth, Dougray Scott, Olivia Williams, James Bolam, Corin Redgrave, Finbar Lynch · Music Richard G. Mitchell

...It takes a traitor and a hero

DramaActionAdventure

A recounting of the relationship between General Fairfax and Oliver Cromwell, as they try to cope with the consequences of deposing King Charles I.

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This film feels like a heavy, somber march through the brutal realities of war and political upheaval. It's a gritty, intense look at the moral compromises made in the pursuit of power, set against the backdrop of a turbulent 17th-century England.

grimintensesomberdramaticsteadyhistorical dramaperiod piecegritty realismpowerbetrayalmoralitywar
battlefieldtortureenglish civil war17th centuryking charles i
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