Lady Macbeth (film)

Lady Macbeth
Theatrical release poster
Directed byWilliam Oldroyd
Screenplay byAlice Birch
Based onLady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District
by Nikolai Leskov
Produced byFodhla Cronin O'Reilly
Starring
CinematographyAri Wegner
Edited byNick Emerson
Music byDan Jones
Production
companies
Altitude Film Entertainment
Protagonist Pictures
iFeatures
Creative England
BBC Films
BFI
Sixty-Six Pictures
Distributed byAltitude Film Distribution
Release dates
  • 10 September 2016 (2016-09-10) (TIFF)
  • 28 April 2017 (2017-04-28) (United Kingdom)
Running time
89 minutes[1]
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£500,000[2]
Box office$5.4 million[3]

Lady Macbeth is a 2016 British period drama film directed by William Oldroyd and produced by Fodhla Cronin O'Reilly. Written for the screen by Alice Birch, it is based on the 1865 novella Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District by Nikolai Leskov. It stars Florence Pugh, Cosmo Jarvis, Paul Hilton, Naomi Ackie (in her film debut) and Christopher Fairbank. The plot follows a young woman who is stifled by her loveless marriage to a bitter man twice her age.

Lady Macbeth had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on 10 September 2016, and was released in the United Kingdom on 28 April 2017 by Altitude Film Distribution. It received positive reviews and has grossed $5.4 million worldwide.

  1. ^ "Lady Macbeth". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
  2. ^ Catchpole, Chloe (28 April 2017). "Lady Macbeth Review". Den of Geek!. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Lady Macbeth (2016)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 30 January 2022.