The Lion in Winter

Name: The Lion in Winter
Director: Anthony Harvey
Genre: Documentary, Drama, History
Released: 1968
Duration: 2 h 8 min
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Katharine Hepburn, Jane Merrow, John Castle, Timothy Dalton

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Documentary
Drama

1968
Anthony Harvey
128 mins
12

Summary

Historical drama starring Peter O'Toole and Katharine Hepburn. In the late 12th century, the omnipotent Henry II gathers his scheming family around him to celebrate Christmas and to choose his successor. As a bitter row develops, Henry's estranged wife Eleanor tries to ensure that one of her ambitious sons inherits the crown.

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Review

A star rating of 5 out of 5.

Adrian Turner

Katharine Hepburn is on Oscar-winning form while verbally sparring with Oscar-nominated Peter O'Toole in this celebrated adaptation of James Goldman's play about Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine. Set mostly within austere castle ramparts over the Christmas festival, it's a story of a family squabble that has geopolitical import, a medieval dynastic war. While the script and the performances are simply dazzling, it is notable, too, for the screen debuts of Timothy Dalton and a combustible Anthony Hopkins who, like O'Toole, was a protégé of Hepburn's. John Barry's beautiful, melancholy score also won an Oscar.

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7.8/10

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Cast

rolenameKing Henry IIPeter O'TooleQueen EleanorKatharine HepburnPrincess AlaisJane MerrowPrince GeoffreyJohn CastleKing Philip of FranceTimothy DaltonPrince RichardAnthony HopkinsWilliam MarshallNigel StockPrince JohnNigel TerryStrolling playerKenneth Griffith

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rolenameDirectorAnthony Harvey

Details

Theatrical distributor

Anglo Embassy

Released on

1968-12-31

Languages

English | Latin | French

Guidance

Sexual references

Available on

video, DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour