''Macbeth'' is a 1982 Hungarian

television film A television film, alternatively known as a television movie, made-for-TV film/movie or TV film/movie, is a feature-length film that is produced and originally distributed by or to a television network, in contrast to theatrical films made for ...

adapted, edited and directed by

Béla Tarr Béla Tarr (born 21 July 1955) is a Hungarian filmmaker. Debuting with the film ''Family Nest'' (1977), Tarr began his directorial career with a brief period of what he refers to as "social cinema", aimed at telling everyday stories about ordin ...

György Cserhalmi György Cserhalmi (born 17 February 1948, in Budapest) is a Hungarian actor. He graduated from the Actors Academy in 1971. He is also the founder of the Labdater Theatre in the Globe cultural centre. Employment *1971: Debrecen Csokonai Theat ...

stars

Macbeth ''Macbeth'' (, full title ''The Tragedie of Macbeth'') is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. It is thought to have been first performed in 1606. It dramatises the damaging physical and psychological effects of political ambition on those w ...

while Erzsébet Kútvölgyi portrays

Lady Macbeth Lady Macbeth is a leading character in William Shakespeare's tragedy ''Macbeth'' (). As the wife of the play's tragic hero, Macbeth (a Scottish nobleman), Lady Macbeth goads her husband into committing regicide, after which she becomes que ...

. The film is composed of only two shots: The first (before the main title) is five minutes long, the second 57 minutes long. Considered to be a watershed in the filmmaker's artistic development, the film was among examples of Tarr's work screened at the

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during a retrospective in October 2001. It has also been screened during a retrospective at the

33rd Moscow International Film Festival The 33rd Moscow International Film Festival was held from 23 June to 2 July 2011. The Golden George was awarded to the Venezuelan drama film '' The Waves'' directed by Alberto Morais. The festival opened with '' Transformers: Dark of the Moon' ...

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