Number: 116
Country: UK, 107 minutes
Spoken Languages: English
Genre(s): Drama, Comedy, History, Biography
Director(s): Nicholas Hytner
Storyline:
A meditation on power and the metaphor of the body of state, based on the real episode of dementia experienced by George III [now suspected a victim of porphyria, a blood disorder]. As he loses his senses, he becomes both more alive and more politically marginalized; neither effect desirable to his lieutenants, who jimmy the rules to avoid a challenge to regal authority, raising the question of who is really in charge.
Cast:
Nigel Hawthorne
Helen Mirren
Ian Holm
Rupert Graves
Amanda Donohoe
Rupert Everett
Julian Rhind-Tutt
Julian Wadham
Jim Carter
Geoffrey Palmer
Medium: Original DVD,
Comments: The Guardian Freebie
Location: Library
Loaned: No
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1