''Macbeth'' is a German 1913 silent film version of the

William Shakespeare William Shakespeare ( 23 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's nation ...

play ''

Macbeth ''The Tragedy of Macbeth'', often shortened to ''Macbeth'' (), is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, estimated to have been first performed in 1606. It dramatises the physically violent and damaging psychological effects of political ambiti ...

'', and the fifth film adaptation of that work. Arthur Bourchier plays

, and Violet Vanbrugh Lady Macbeth. It was released on 17 November 1913 in the UK. It was distributed in the US as a five-reel film, and the announced British lengths were 4200, 4500 and 4700 feet. It was thought to be a

lost film A lost film is a feature film, feature or short film in which the original negative or copies are not known to exist in any studio archive, private collection, or public archive. Films can be wholly or partially lost for a number of reasons. ...

, though silentera.com states that the International Museum of Photography and Film at the George Eastman Museum may have a print. Robert Hamilton found that the film did no respect the spirit of the tragedy at all and added, "To make the unpleasant impression complete, there are five reels of poor photography."

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* Films based on Macbeth Films of the German Empire German silent feature films Lost German films 1913 films German black-and-white films 1913 lost films 1910s German films {{1910s-Germany-film-stub