Richard III (1955)

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A weaker film than Olivier's Henry V and Hamlet, but at least we have the evil Richard that the current Ricardian propagandists want made a saint. "Foul devil, for God's sake, hence, and trouble us not; For thou hast made the happy earth thy hell, Fill'd it with cursing cries and deep exclaims. .. Either heaven with lightning strike the murderer dead, Or earth, gape open wide and eat him quick."

Laurence Olivier directed three Shakespearean adaptations, and having seen two-thirds of them I think I can safely assume that this one is the weakest of the bunch. This version of Richard III is well acted from top to bottom and has nice production values, but there’s no point-of-view. It’s almost as if Olivier grabbed a camera crew, the Royal Shakespearean Company, threw some sets together a... read more

(YT) Olivier mending, mixing, embracing, tehatre and film. he delivers the main monologues stagey, and then pictures the big facts, the battle and the crimes. The 'kingdom for a horse', of course, is pure action direction...

The deformed Richrd of Gloucester cuts a bloody path to the throne in Shakespeare's historical tragedy. Determined to seize the French throne from his brother Edward IV, he rouses Edward's hatred from their brother Clarence, who is arrested and murdered while imprisoned. The cunning Richard woos Anne, widow of Henry VI's son whose death he has arranged. Following the death of the king from natural causes, Richard has the little princes murdered in the Tower. The vicious Gloucester removes all who stand between him and the crown. Henry of Richmond raises a army against Richard, drawing supporters from all over England.