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Richard II (1978)

ALL 12/10/1978 (en) Drama, History 157 Min
  • Release
    12/10/1978
  • Production
    Time-Life Television Productions, BBC
  • Rotten tomato
    75%
  • Original title
    Richard II
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

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...

  1. David Giles

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Cedric Messina

    Producer



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  1. Derek Jacobi

    King Richard II

  2. John Gielgud

    John of Gaunt

  3. Jon Finch

    Henry Bolingbroke

  4. Wendy Hiller

    Duchess of York

  5. Charles Gray

    Duke of York

  6. Mary Morris

    Duchess of Gloucester

  7. David Swift

    Duke of Northumberland

  8. Clifford Rose

    Bishop of Carlisle

  9. Charles Keating

    Duke of Aumerle

  10. Richard Owens

    Thomas Mowbray

  11. Janet Maw

    Queen

  12. Jeffrey Holland

    Duke of Surrey

  13. Jeremy Bulloch

    Henry Percy

  14. Robin Sachs

    Busby

  15. Damien Thomas

    Bagot

  16. Alan Dalton

    Green

  17. David Dodimead

    Lord Ross

  18. John Flint

    Lord Willoughby

  19. Carl Oatley

    Earl Berkeley

  20. William Whymper

    Sir Stephen Scroop

  21. John Barcroft

    Earl of Salisbury

  22. David Garfield

    Welsh Captain

  23. Desmond Adams

    Sir Pierce of Exton

  24. Joe Ritchie

    Groom

  25. Paddy Ward

    Keeper

  26. Bruno Barnabe

    Abbot of Westminster

  27. Jonathan Adams

    Gardener

  28. Alan Collins

    Gardener's Man

  29. John Curless

    Lord Fitzwater

  30. Terry Wright

    Murderer

  31. Ronald Fernee

    Servant

  32. Tim Brown

    Herald

  33. Mike Lewin

    Herald

  34. Phillada Sewell

    Queen's Lady

  35. Sandra Frieze

    Queen's Lady

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Casts : 35 , Crews : 12

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Richard II (1978) 157 Min

ALL 12/10/1978 (en)
Drama, History
  • Release 12/10/1978
  • Production
    Time-Life Television Productions, BBC
  • Original title Richard II
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

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...

  1. David Giles

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Cedric Messina

    Producer



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