Richard II

(1978)

★ 8 IMDb · 3 votes

Genres: Drama, History, телевизионный фильм

Year: 1978

Runtime: 157 min

Country: United Kingdom

Director: David Giles

Cast: Дерек Якоби, Джон Гилгуд, Джон Финч, Уэнди Хиллер, Чарльз Грей

Plot

Richard II, who ascended the throne as a child, is a regal and stately monarch. He believes he is the rightful ruler of England, ordained by God, yet he is a weak and ineffective king - wasteful in his spending habits, unwise in his choise of chansellors, and detached from his country and its people. When he seizes the land of his cousin Henry Bolingbroke, both the commoners and the barons decide that their king has gone too far...