Macbeth

Macbeth

1948 · 107 min · EN · NR · 7.3 (194 votes)
Dir. Orson Welles · Starring Orson Welles, Jeanette Nolan, Dan O'Herlihy, Roddy McDowall, Edgar Barrier, Alan Napier

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Drama

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.

VIBE

A dark, brooding descent into madness fueled by ambition and guilt. This adaptation feels grand and operatic, with a palpable sense of tragic inevitability.

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