Macbeth Jon Finch Francesca Annis Roman Polanski Trailer 1971 4 K

Macbeth (or The Tragedy of Macbeth) is a 1971 historical drama film directed by Roman Polanski and cowritten by Polanski and Kenneth Tynan. A film adaptation of William Shakespeare s tragedy of the same name, it tells the story of the Highland lord who becomes King of Scotland through treachery and murder. The film stars Jon Finch as the title character and Francesca Annis as Lady Macbeth, noted for their relative youth as actors. Themes of historic recurrence, greater pessimism and internal ugliness in physically beautiful characters are added to Shakespeare s story of moral decline, which is presented in a more realistic style.