Movie | Comedy, Drama | Spain, Switzerland | English
Director
Orson Welles
Writer
William Shakespeare, Raphael Holinshed, Orson Welles
Cast
Orson Welles, Jeanne Moreau, Margaret Rutherford
Plot
When King Henry IV ascends to the throne, his heir, the Prince of Wales, is befriended by Sir John Falstaff, an old, overweight, fun-loving habitual liar. Through Falstaff's eyes we see the reign of King Henry IV and the rise of H...
Movie | Drama, Romance | Italy, USA | English, Latin
Director
Orson Welles
Writer
William Shakespeare, Orson Welles, Jean Sacha
Cast
Orson Welles, Michea¡l MacLiammair, Robert Coote
Plot
The Moorish General Othello is manipulated into thinking that his new wife Desdemona has been carrying on an affair with his Lieutenant Michael Cassio when in reality, it is all part of the scheme of a bitter Ensign named Iago.
Karen McCullah, Kirsten Smith, William Shakespeare
Cast
Heath Ledger, Julia Stiles, Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Plot
A high-school boy, Cameron, cannot date Bianca until her anti-social older sister, Kat, has a boyfriend. So, Cameron pays a mysterious boy, Patrick, to charm Kat.
The growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Cassius persuades him to participate in his plot to assassinate Caesar but they have both sorely underestimated Mark Antony.
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 murders his king and takes the throne for himself.
After the death of the King of Denmark - Hamlet's father - his brother Claudius ascends the throne, who takes his widow Gertrude as his wife. Hamlet meets the ghost of his father and learns that he was killed by Claudius.
Two best friends living on the streets of Portland as hustlers embark on a journey of self discovery and find their relationship stumbling along the way.
Erwin Gepard, William Shakespeare, Edward P. Vining
Cast
Asta Nielsen, Paul Conradi, Mathilde Brandt
Plot
Danish silent movie-star Asta Nielsen formed her own production company to make this film, in which new elements are combined with features (and a few lines) familiar from Shakespeare's version of the legend. The most important of...
Two Britons, Hengist and Horsa, are captured and enslaved by invading Romans and taken to Rome. One of their first encounters in Rome leaves Hengist being mistaken for a fighter, and gets drafted into the Royal Guard to protect Ca...
Helena Bonham Carter, Richard E. Grant, Imogen Stubbs
Plot
Shakespeare's comedy of gender confusion, in which a girl disguises herself as a man to be near the count she adores, only to be pursued by the woman he loves.
Denzel Washington, Frances McDormand, Alex Hassell
Plot
A Scottish lord becomes convinced by a trio of witches that he will become the next King of Scotland, and his ambitious wife supports him in his plans of seizing power.
Movie | Drama, Romance | UK, Italy | English, Italian
Director
Michael Radford
Writer
William Shakespeare, Michael Radford
Cast
Al Pacino, Joseph Fiennes, Lynn Collins
Plot
In 16th century Venice, when a merchant must default on a large loan from an abused Jewish moneylender for a friend with romantic ambitions, the bitterly vengeful creditor demands a gruesome payment instead.
Sanjay Leela Bhansali, William Shakespeare, Siddharth-Garima
Cast
Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone, Supriya Pathak
Plot
Modern adaptation of William Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet' with an Indian twist, the film focuses on the story of Ram and Leela, their love, lust and the drama afterwards.
William Shakespeare, Andre Cayatte, Jacques Prevert
Cast
Serge Reggiani, Anouk Aimee, Pierre Brasseur
Plot
Angelo, a glass-blower from Murano, and Georgia Maglia, the pretty daughter of a fallen fascist magistrate, are chosen to be the stand-ins for the stars of a film version of "Romeo and Juliet" being shot on location in Venice and ...
This movie, based on William Shakespeare's Othello, is neatly positioned as a vehicle to showcase some of the best jazz musicians of the period, including Dave Brubeck and Charles Mingus.
A loose adaptation of Hamlet, "The Night Banquet" is set in an empire in chaos. The Emperor, the Empress, the Crown Prince, the Minister and the General all have their own enemies they would like to finish off at a night banquet.
There have been many versions of Shakespeare's masterpiece, but none like the one starring Cantinflas. This delightful and humorous version also carries a powerful message to today's parents, showing them how to approach the probl...
Movie | Animation, Family | Sweden, Norway | Swedish
Director
Per a…hlin
Writer
William Shakespeare, Per a…hlin, Karl Rasmusson
Cast
Allan Edwall, Robyn Carlsson, Olle Sarri
Plot
When a ship sinks during a storm, a slave from the industrial island of Plutonia is washed up on the beaches of paradise island Melonia, where the "all-powerful" wizard Prospero and his strange friends reside.
