THE LION IN WINTER (1968)

ANTHONY HARVEY

Drama 10th - 19th Centuries Nigel's Choice Ade Tastics Recommended Oscar Winners BAFTA Winners Historical

Cast

PETER O'TOOLE KATHARINE HEPBURN ANTHONY HOPKINS NIGEL TERRY TIMOTHY DALTON NIGEL STOCK JANE MERROW JOHN CASTLE

Plot

An Oscar winning historical drama and deservedly so. The dialogue has to be the best quasi-Shakespearean wit ever written. Henry II lets his wife out of her castle for a weekend and all the family engage in a mass of plotting as they all try to stab each other in the back. Brilliant!!