Toil And Trouble: Making 'Macbeth'

Toil And Trouble: Making 'Macbeth'

2014•1h 0m•5.0/10

Documentary

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5.0/10(1)

A new documentary on the Criterion Collection edition of Roman Polanski's 1971 adaptation of Macbeth featuring interviews with the director, producer Andrew Braunsberg, assistant executive producer Victor Lownes, and actors Francesca Annis and Martin Shaw.

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EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Roman Polanski

Roman Polanski

Self

Francesca Annis

Francesca Annis

Self

Martin Shaw

Martin Shaw

Self

Hugh Hefner

Hugh Hefner

Self

Jon Finch

Jon Finch

Self (archive footage)

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