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Macbeth (1922)

Macbeth poster
Directed by
H. B. Parkinson
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
30 min
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A silent black and white adaptation of Shakespeare's play about a Scottish lord who is driven by ambition and his wife to commit murder for the throne.

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What happens

Macbeth is a black and white 1922 film adaptation of the William Shakespeare play Macbeth. It was the last silent film version of that play produced, and the eighth film adaptation of the play. It was directed by H. B. Parkinson and produced by Frank Miller. The film is part of a series of film adaptations of Shakespeare with Sybil Thorndike and her interpretation of Lady Macbeth was noted at the time. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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