Macbeth | |
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Directed by | Orson Welles |
Screenplay by | Orson Welles (uncredited) |
Based on | Macbeth by William Shakespeare |
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Cinematography | John L. Russell |
Edited by | Louis Lindsay |
Music by | Jacques Ibert |
Color process | Black and white |
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Distributed by | Republic Pictures |
Release dates | September 3, 1948 (Venice Film Festival)
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Running time | 107 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $800,000[1]–$900,000[2] |
Macbeth is a 1948 American historical drama directed by Orson Welles. A film adaptation of William Shakespeare's tragedy of the same name, it tells the story of the Scottish general who becomes the King of Scotland through treachery and murder. The film stars Welles in the lead role and Jeanette Nolan (in her feature film debut) as Lady Macbeth.