Posts Tagged ‘11th-century’
El Cid (1961)Tuesday, February 16th, 2010 |
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Epic film of the legendary Spanish hero, Rodrigo Diaz (“El Cid” to his followers), who, without compromising his strict sense of honour, still succeeds in taking the initiative and driving the Moors from Spain. |
The Tragedy of Macbeth (1971)Friday, June 5th, 2009 |
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Roman Polanski’s version of Shakespeare’s tragedy about a Scottish lord who murders the king and ascends the throne. His wife then begins hallucinating as a result of her guilt complex and the dead king’s son conspires to attack MacBeth and expose him for the murderer he is. |
