Scotland, 11th century. Driven by the twisted prophecy of three witches and the ruthless ambition of his wife, warlord Macbeth, bold and brave, but also weak and hesitant, betrays his good king and his brothers in arms and sinks into the bloody mud of a path with no return, sown with crime and suspicion.

Year1971

CountryGermany

DirectorWerner Schroeter

MovementNew German Cinema

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Cinematic Threads

We were thinking about the way that [Stanley] Kubrick uses natural light in 'Barry Lyndon,' or Roman Polanski’s 'Macbeth,' with its long shots of figures in the landscape. And we watched a lot of documentaries about the period.

Films it influenced

The Witch 2016 · Robert Eggers

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