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Richard III

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Original title

Richard III

Year

1955

Running time

161 min.

Country

United Kingdom

Director

Laurence Olivier

Screenwriter

Laurence Olivier. Theater: William Shakespeare

Cast

Music

William Walton

Cinematography

Otto Heller

Producer

London Films

Genre

Drama | Historical. 15th Century

Movie Groups

Shakespeare: Richard III

Synopsis

The third and final entry in Laurence Olivier's Shakespeare triptych, Richard III (1954) is an audacious portrait of a man determined to prove himself a villain. As the personification of evil impudence, Olivier portrays the Duke of Gloucester with such aplomb that he brings the audience onto his side. This is true even as Richard engineers plots to murder his brother Clarence (John Gielgud), betray his cousin Buckingham (Ralph Richardson), and seduce his niece Lady Anne (Claire Bloom). From the play's famous opening lines ("Now is the winter of our discontent"), Olivier delivers every speech with truly Machiavellian splendor, and his superb staging of the climactic battle rivals his work on Henry V.

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Rankings Position

#126 Best British Movies

Awards: 1956: Nominated for Oscar: Best Actor (Laurence Olivier)

1956: Golden Globes: Best English-Language Foreign Film

1955: BAFTA Awards: Best Film, British Film and British Actor (Laurence Olivier)

1956: National Board of Review: Top Best Foreign Language Films

1956: Berlin Film Festival: Silver Bear

1956: New York Film Critics Circle: Nominated for Best Actor (L. Olivier)

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