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Macbeth [videorecording] / produced and directed by Orson Welles.

Welles, Orson, 1915-1985.; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Macbeth.; McDowall, Roddy, 1928-; Nolan, Jeanette, 1911-1998.; O'Herlihy, Dan, 1919-2005.; Barrier, Edgar.; Sanford, Erskine.; Russell, John L.; Ibert, Jacques, 1890-1962.; Lindsay, Louis.; Republic Pictures Corporation.; Munhwa Medicom.
2004
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Title
Macbeth [videorecording] / produced and directed by Orson Welles.
Uniform title
Macbeth (Motion picture : 1948)
Created/published
[South Korea] : Distributed by Munhwa Medicom : R. World, ©2004.
Description
1 videodisc (107 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Associated name
Welles, Orson, 1915-1985.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Macbeth.
McDowall, Roddy, 1928-
Nolan, Jeanette, 1911-1998.
O'Herlihy, Dan, 1919-2005.
Barrier, Edgar.
Sanford, Erskine.
Russell, John L.
Ibert, Jacques, 1890-1962.
Lindsay, Louis.
Republic Pictures Corporation.
Munhwa Medicom.
Material base
metal plastic
Summary
Moved by his own burning ambition and that of his unscrupulous wife, Macbeth murders Duncan, King of Scotland and seizes his crown. But his insatiable lust for power soon leads Macbeth towards his own destruction.
Language Note
Subtitled in Korean.
Note
"Cinema music odyssey, mise en scene" -- Disc label.

"Fully restored version" -- Container.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1948.

"A Republic Picture."

Special features: Orson Welles' ghost story; Return to Glennascaul with introduction by Peter Bogdanovich.

Based on the play by William Shakespeare.
Credits
Photography, John L. Russell; music, Jacques Ibert; editor, Louis Lindsay.
Cast
Orson Welles, Jeanette Nolan, Dan O'Herlihy, Roddy McDowall, Edgar Barrier, Erskine Sanford.
System details
DVD.
Genre/form
Film adaptations.
Feature films.

Call number
DVD 68
Folger accession
264126