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Screenplay Alan Bennett
Director Nicholas Hytner

The Madness of King George

Tagline: His Majesty was all powerful and all knowing. But he wasn't quite all there.

Release Date: 1994-12-28

Duration: 107 minutes

Synopsis

Aging King George III of England is exhibiting signs of madness, a problem little understood in 1788. As the monarch alternates between bouts of confusion and near-violent outbursts of temper, his hapless doctors attempt the ineffectual cures of the day. Meanwhile, Queen Charlotte and Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger attempt to prevent the king's political enemies, led by the Prince of Wales, from usurping the throne.

Casting

  • Helen Mirren
    Queen Charlotte
  • Rupert Graves
    Greville
  • Ian Holm
    Willis
  • Rupert Everett
    Prince of Wales
  • Anthony Calf
    Fitzroy
  • Adrian Scarborough
    Fortnum
  • Selina Cadell
    Mrs Cordwell
  • Julian Wadham
    Pitt
  • Julian Rhind-Tutt
    Duke of York
  • Jim Carter
    Fox

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