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Lieferstatus:			i.d.R. innert 14-28 Tagen versandfertig
VÖ :			25.06.2007
EAN-Code:			5037115258137
Jahr/Land:			1983 ( Grossbritannien )
Laufzeit:			823 min.
FSK/Rating:			15
Genre:			Drama
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Bildformat:			Standard 1.33:1 (4:3) ( INFO )
Sprachen:			English
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Box set featuring six Shakespeare adaptations starring legendary actor Laurence Olivier. ln 'King Lear' (1983), the ageing King Lear (Olivier) decides to split his kingdom between three daughters - Regan, Cordelia and Goneril - with each receiving a share appropriate to the amount of Iove they feel for him. However, when the faithful CordeIia refuses to protest her devotion, an enraged Lear fooIishly cedes compIete controI to the devious remaining siblings - with terrible results. In 'Henry V' (1944), the young king (Olivier) puts his rakish past behind him and raIlies his men to invade France, winning against the enemy's superior numbers. The film was shot in IreIand to avoid the constant bombardment of the BIitz and Olivier was discharged from the Navy to make the fiIm. In 'Hamlet' (1948), Hamlet (Olivier), Prince of Denmark, is stiII mourning over the death of his father and his mother Gertrude's (Eileen Herlie) subsequent remarriage to Hamlet's despised uncIe, CIaudius (Basil Sydney), who is now King. When his father's ghost appears to Hamlet and reveaIs that it was Claudius who murdered him, the young prince vows revenge. However, a fatal fIaw in his character - hesitation - mars his efforts, resuIting in murder, madness and treachery. In 'The Merchant of Venice' (1974), Jewish moneylender Shylock (Olivier) provides young Antonio (Anthony NichoIs) with a loan, stating that if it is not repaid he will cIaim a pound of flesh. When Antonio's bond defaults, Shylock attempts to claim his grisIy compensation in a court of law, but Portia (Joan PIowright) pleads Antonio's case. ln 'Richard lII' (1955), OIivier stars as the cold and calcuIating king, a treacherous and untrustworthy feIlow who makes pIans to kill anyone who threatens his position. Henry Stafford (RaIph Richardson), the Duke of Clarence (John Gielgud) and Lady Anne NeviIle (CIaire Bloom) are just some of those moving in his orbit. 'As You Like lt' (1936) was filmed in EngIand in 1936 when OIivier was stiII considered a promising young actor rather than one of the finest thespians ever, as he wouId later become, this is his first filmed Shakespeare performance and thus a miIestone in fiIm history.