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The Lion in Winter (Original title)
Dates: 1968 (Copyright), 31 December 1968 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Directed by: Anthony Harvey

Synopsis: Concerns the personal and political struggle between Henry II of England and his wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine.

Genre:
Historical drama

Subjects:
Family, Christmas, Monarchy
Releases
Date: 1968Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Colour - Eastmancolor - SoundRuntime: 134 mins Length: 12075 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: February 2019Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 134 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer

Credits (53)
©: Haworth Productions Ltd., an Avco Embassy film: Avco Embassy, Joseph E. Levine presents: Joseph E. Levine, an Avco Embassy Pictures release: Avco Embassy Pictures, Executive Producer: Joseph E. Levine, Produced by: Martin Poll, Associate Producer: Jane C. Nusbaum, Production Manager: Basil Appleby, French Production Manager: Victor Merenda, René Brun, Production Supervisor: John Quested, Unit Manager: Jim Brennan, Production Secretary: Jilda Smith, Assistant Director: Kip Gowans, Second Assistant Director: Al Burgess, Patrick O'Brien, Continuity: Pamela Carlton, Screenplay by: James Goldman, Based on the play 'The Lion in Winter' by: James Goldman, Director of Photography: Douglas Slocombe, Camera Operator: Chic Waterson, Camera Assistant: Robin Vidgeon, [Camera Assistant]: David Pearce, Chief Electrician: Michael Brown, Grip: Michael Walter, Editor: John Bloom, Assistant Editor: Lesley Walker, Art Direction: Peter Murton, French Art Director: Gilbert Margerie, Assistant Art Director: Ted Clements, Set Dresser: Peter James, [Chief Draughtsperson]: Cliff Robinson, [Properties]: George Ball, Construction Manager: Gus Walker, Costume Designer: Margaret Furse, Costumes: L. & H. Nathan Ltd., Wardrobe: Vi Murray, Wardrobe: David Baker, Makeup: Bill Lodge, Hairdresser: A.G. Scott, Processed by: Humphries Film Laboratories, {Filmed in}: Panavision, Music Composed and Conducted by: John Barry, Sound Recordist: Simon Kaye, Dubbing Mixer: Gerry Humphries, Sound Editor: Chris Greenham, Lighting Equipment: Lee (Electric) Ltd., Made at: Ardmore Studios, [Play 'The Lion in Winter'] Produced on Broadway by: Eugene V. Wolsk, [Play 'The Lion in Winter'] Produced on Broadway by: Walter A. Hyman, Alan King, [Play 'The Lion in Winter'] Produced on Broadway in association with: Emanuel Azenberg
Cast (16)
Peter O'Toole (King Henry II), Katharine Hepburn (Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine), Jane Merrow (Princess Alais), John Castle (Prince Geoffrey), Timothy Dalton (King Philip II of France), Anthony Hopkins (Prince Richard), Nigel Terry (Prince John), Nigel Stock (William Marshal), Kenneth Griffith (strolling player), Kenneth Ives (Queen Eleanor's guard), O.Z. Whitehead (Bishop of Durham), Henry Woolf, Karol Hagar, Mark Griffith (strolling player), Fran Stafford, Ella More (lady-in-waiting)