The Tragedy of Macbeth

Name: The Tragedy of Macbeth
Released: 2026-10-25
Duration: 2 h 14 min
Cast: Jon Finch, Francesca Annis, Martin Shaw, Terence Bayler, John Stride

Directed by Roman Polanski and starring Jon Finch and Francesca Annis. Polanski, who worked on the adaptation with Kenneth Tynan, treats the Macbeths as a young, sexy, power-hungry couple and creates up to the very final shot a chilling sense of foreboding.<div><br></div><div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;">About the season: </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;">People often say that if Shakespeare were alive today he would be writing for the movies. What is startling is how often, since the beginnings of cinema, his plays have been adapted for the screen. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;">Following a highly successful season devoted to the work of Harold Pinter, Chiswick Cinema now focuses on the infinite variety of filmed Shakespeare and will accompany four major screenings with talks, supplementary showings and celebrity interviews.</span></div></div>PT2H14M152026-10-25

Jon Finch

Francesca Annis

Martin Shaw

Terence Bayler

John Stride

Nicholas Selby

Stephen Chase

Paul Shelley

Maisie Macfarquhar

Elsie Taylor

Noelle Rimmington

Noel Davis

Sydney Bromley

Richard Pearson

Keith Chegwin

Roman Polanski

The Tragedy of Macbeth"The Tragedy of Macbeth"

Showtimes

October 25, 7:30 pm