The Lion in Winter

United Kingdom

1968

134 Min

Color

2.20:1

English

Currently 4.0/5 Stars.
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EXEC Joseph E. Levine, Jane C. Nusbaum

CAST Peter O'Toole, Katharine Hepburn, Anthony Hopkins, John Castle, Timothy Dalton, Jane Merrow, Nigel Terry

Christmas 1183—an aging and conniving King Henry II plans a reunion where he hopes to name his successor. He summons the following people for the holiday: his scheming but imprisoned wife, Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine; his mistress, Princess Alais, whom he wishes to marry; his three sons (Richard, Geoffrey, and John), all of whom desire the throne; and the young but crafty King Philip of France (who is also Alais’ brother). With the fate of Henry’s empire at stake, everybody engages in their own brand of deception and treachery to stake their claim. —IMDb

Director

Anthony Harvey

Anthony Harvey (born 3 June 1931) is a British filmmaker who started his career in the 1950s as a film editor, and moved into directing in the mid 1960s. Harvey has fifteen film credits as an editor, and he has directed thirteen films. The second film that Harvey directed, The Lion in Winter (1968), earned him a Directors Guild of America Award and a nomination for the Academy Award for Directing. —Wikipedia