Macbeth
(1913) German
B&W : [?] Five? reels
Directed by (unknown)

Cast: Arthur Bouchier [Macbeth], Violet Vanbrugh [Desdemona]

Film-Industrie Gesellschaft production. / Produced by [?] Ludwig Landmann? From the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / The film was released 17 November 1913 in the United Kingdom by A.E. Abrahams. [?] The announced British film lengths were 4200, 4500 and 4700 feet. The film was copyrighted in the United States by Lucky Film Producers on 7 March 1916 and was distributed as a five-reel film by Big A Film Corporation. AFI-F1 n. F1.2696 erroniously states that the film is a British production.

Drama.

Survival Status: The film is presumed lost (a print may exist in the International Museum of Photography and Film at George Eastman House film archive).

Keywords: Authors: William Shakespeare - Crime: Murder - Royalty: Kings - Scots

Listing updated: 10 December 2004.

References: AFI-F1 n. F1.2696; Ball-Shakespeare pp. 183-188, 224a, 322, 348-349, 388.