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The Lion in Winter (2003)
Directed by Andrei Konchalovsky
“All of Britain and half of France were his kingdom. But there was one thing Henry II would never control . . . His Family.”
Drama, History, TV Movie, Romance · 2h 47m
Christmas 1183, Angevin Empire: King Henry II plans to announce his successor to the throne. Jockeying for the crown, though, is complex. Henry has three sons and wants his boy Prince John to take over. Henry's wife, Queen Eleanor, believes their son Prince Richard should be king. As family and various schemers gather for the holiday, each tries to make the indecisive king choose their option.
Cast
Glenn Close
Patrick Stewart
Andrew Howard
Rafe Spall
John Light
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Yuliya Vysotskaya
Clive Wood
Crew
- Director
- Andrei Konchalovsky
- Screenplay
- James Goldman
- Director of Photography
- Sergei Kozlov
- Original Music Composer
- Richard Hartley
- Editor
- Henry Richardson
- Producer
- Dyson Lovell
Details
- Release date
- 2003-12-26
- Runtime
- 2h 47m
- Genres
- Drama, History, TV Movie, Romance
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Flying Freehold Productions, HCC Happy Crew Company, Hallmark Entertainment, Matt IV, Showtime Networks