Macbeth1950
Macbeth (1950)
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Critic Consensus: This haunting, eccentric Macbeth may be hampered by budget constraints, but Orson Welles delivers both behind and in front of the camera.
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Cast
as Macbeth
as Lady Macbeth
as Macduff
as Malcolm
as Banquo
as Duncan
as A Holy Father
as Ross
as Lennox
as Lady Macduff
as Siward
as Young Siward
as Macduff Child
as Doctor
as Gentlewoman
as 1st Murderer
as 2nd Murderer
as Seyton
as A Porter
as Fleance
as Witch
Critic Reviews for Macbeth
All Critics (29) | Top Critics (8) | Fresh (25) | Rotten (4) | DVD (2)
Only a few of the Bard's best lines are audible. The rest are lost in strained, dialectic gibbering that is only sound, not prose.
Stark, intermittently brilliant.
Powerhouse performance from Orson Welles as the troubled Prince.
Wonder-Boy Welles has an imaginative way with a camera.
One of the director's most personal creations, it's a courageous experiment with a craggy barbaric splendor all its own.
There is force in this rough, hasty rendering; the sheer speed of the pacing gives it a quality of crushing delirium.
Audience Reviews for Macbeth
Another inspired, original work by one of the true artists in American cinema. Welles makes excellent use of his small budget, producing a film that is both stylish and surprising. He does things with the play that are unusual, and that's part of what makes his piece so exciting to watch. An absorbing visual marvel.
Super Reviewer
Hor-rors. This may be the worst version I've ever seen. To reiterate, this is my favorite of Shakespeare's plays, so I'm most critical when I watch a production. Worse still for Orson Welles, I was just iPoding the Arkangel recording while I was walking the Great Wall in China last week, so the play's all the more fresh in my mind.
It's as if Welles thinks he's always doing Citizen Kane -- don't get me started. You don't have to emote, okay, you have to deliver. The words carry enough drama all by themselves, all right? Yet one more reason why Welles will never make either my favorite actor or my favorite director lists.
Super Reviewer
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