Alan Dalton

Richard II, who ascended the throne as a child, is a regal and stately monarch. He believes he is the rightful ruler of England, ordained by God, yet he is a weak and ineffective king - wasteful in his spending habits, unwise in his choise of chansellors, and detached from his country and its people. When he seizes the land of his cousin Henry Bolingbroke, both the commoners and the barons decide that their king has gone too far...

ロマノフ家滅亡の悲劇を描いた名作。怪僧“ラスプーチン”によってしだいに滅亡へと向かうロシア皇帝とその皇后の物語で、主演マイケル・ジェイストンらの熱演が光る。第44回アカデミー賞2部門受賞。