Lady Macbeth
By: Creative England, BBC Films and BFI present ; in association with Oldgarth Media ; a Sixty Six Pictures and iFeatures production ; producer, Fodhla Cronin O'Reilly ; writer, Alice Birch ; director, William Oldroyd
Contributors: Pugh, Florence, actor; Jarvis, Cosmo, actor; Hilton, Paul, 1970- actor; Ackie, Naomi, actor; Fairbank, Christopher, actor; Leskov, N. S. (Nikolaĭ Semenovich), 1831-1895; Creative England (Organization); BBC Films; British Film Institute; Oldgarth Media (Firm); Sixty Six Pictures; iFeatures (Firm); Lions Gate Films
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 90
Subjects: Drama; Film adaptations; Marriage; Adultery
Description: Rural England, 1865. Katherine is stifled by her loveless marriage to a bitter man twice her age, whose family are cold and unforgiving. When she embarks on a passionate affair with a young worker on her husband's estate, a force is unleashed inside her, so powerful that she will stop at nothing to get what she wants.
Notes: Title from container.

Based on the novella by Nikolai Leskov.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2016.

Wide screen (2.35:1).

Special features: Behind the scenes of "Lady Macbeth"; photo gallery.

Director of photography, Ari Wegner ; editor, Nick Emerson.

Florence Pugh, Cosmo Jarvis, Paul Hilton, Naomi Ackie, Christopher Fairbank.

Rating: R; for some disturbing violence, strong sexuality/nudity, and language.

DVD.

English dialogue; Spanish subtitles; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).