Becket e il suo re
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In Inghilterra re Enrico II, in dissidio con la Chiesa, fa eleggere il suo ministro Thomas Becket arcivescovo di Canterbury. Ma Becket, una volta assunto il suo nuovo compito, diventa il più tenace assertore dei diritti ecclesiastici. La lotta fra i due diventa sempre più accesa, fino alla completa rottura. Enrico fa assassinare Becket dai suoi cavalieri mentre dice messa in cattedrale. Tratto da una commedia di Jean Anouilh, il film non ne conserva solo in minima parte la sottigliezza e lo spirito.
(1964) Dramma , Storia
Data rilascio : 11/03/1964
regia di Peter Glenville
Incasso : 9.100.000,00 $
Cast
Richard Burton - Becket / Thomas Becket
Peter O'Toole - his King / King Henry II
John Gielgud - King Louis of France / King Louis VII of France
Gino Cervi - the Cardinal / Cardinal Zambelli
Paolo Stoppa - the Pope / Pope Alexander III
Donald Wolfit - Bishop Folliot
David Weston - Brother John
Martita Hunt - Empress Matilda
Pamela Brown - Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine
Percy Herbert - Baron
Siân Phillips - Gwendolen
Inigo Jackson - Robert de Beaumont
Felix Aylmer - Archbishop of Canterbury
Niall MacGinnis - Baron
Christopher Rhodes - Baron
John Phillips - Bishop of Winchester
Frank Pettingell - Bishop of York
Véronique Vendell - French Prostitute
Jennifer Hilary - Peasant's Daughter
David Davenport -
Hamilton Dyce - Bishop of Chichester
Peter Jeffrey - Baron
Michael Miller - Baron
Peter Prowse - Baron
Jack Taylor -
Chris Adcock - Sergeant (uncredited)
Michael Anthony - Courtier (uncredited)
Geoffrey Bayldon - Brother Philip (uncredited)
Roy Beck - Young French Boy (uncredited)
Garrett Cassell - Man (uncredited)
Dave Clark - Soldier (uncredited)
George Lane Cooper - Soldier (uncredited)
Ian Cullen - Servant (uncredited)
Ivor Dean - Monk (uncredited)
Guy Deghy - Man (uncredited)
John Doye - Priest (uncredited)
Paul Farrell - Farmer (uncredited)
Patrick Halpin - Monk (uncredited)
Laurie Heath - Boy (uncredited)
Laurence Hepworth - Bishop (uncredited)
Rose Howlett - Farmer's Wife (uncredited)
Magda Konopka - Girl on Balcony (uncredited)
Gerald Lawson - English Peasant (uncredited)
Wilfrid Lawson - Old Soldier (uncredited)
Paul Layton - Boy (uncredited)
Tutte Lemkow - French Courtier (uncredited)
Linda Marlowe - Farmer's Daughter (uncredited)
John Moulder-Brown - Boy (uncredited)
Patrick Newell - William of Corbeil (uncredited)
Riggs O'Hara - Prince Henry (uncredited)
Frederick Piper - Monk (uncredited)
Dido Plumb - Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Steve Plytas - Cardinal (uncredited)
Robert Rietti - Alexander III (voice) (uncredited)
Alex Scott - Priest (uncredited)
Terence Soall - Man (uncredited)
Victor Spinetti - French Tailor (uncredited)
Graham Stark - Pope's Secretary (uncredited)
Fred Stroud - Church Guard (uncredited)
Elizabeth Taylor - Blonde Village Woman (uncredited)
Royston Tickner - Royal Servant (uncredited)
Fred Wood - Congregation Member (uncredited)
Edward Woodward - Clement (uncredited)