Macbeth (1915 film)

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Macbeth is a French 1915 film adaptation of the William Shakespeare play Macbeth. It was released on December 31, 1915, in France. It is a silent black-and-white film with French intertitles.{{Cite book |last=Leonard |first=Kendra Preston |url=https://www.google.pt/books/edition/Shakespeare_Madness_and_Music/-91975YbbnIC?hl=fr&gbpv=1&dq=S%C3%A9verin-Mars+Macbeth&pg=PA136&printsec=frontcover |title=Shakespeare, Madness, and Music: Scoring Insanity in Cinematic Adaptations |date=2009-07-09 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-6958-5 |language=en}}

The film is presumed lost and was described as a "series of illustrative scenes".{{Cite book |last=Sammons |first=Eddie |url=https://www.google.pt/books/edition/Shakespeare/UINlAAAAMAAJ?hl=fr&gbpv=1&bsq=S%C3%A9verin-Mars+Macbeth&dq=S%C3%A9verin-Mars+Macbeth&printsec=frontcover |title=Shakespeare: A Hundred Years on Film |date=2004 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-4446-9 |language=en}}

Cast and crew

  • Séverin-Mars as Macbeth (also director), the actor had regularly interpreted the role on stage{{Cite book |last=Harman |first=Edward George |url=https://www.google.pt/books/edition/The_impersonality_of_Shakespeare/PZ8qL_CdNbAC?hl=fr&gbpv=1&dq=S%C3%A9verin-Mars+Macbeth&pg=PA160&printsec=frontcover |title=The "impersonality" of Shakespeare |date=1971 |publisher=Ardent Media |language=en}}{{Cite book |url=https://www.google.pt/books/edition/Le_Theatre/O4xRAQAAMAAJ?hl=fr&gbpv=1&bsq=S%C3%A9verin-Mars+Macbeth&dq=S%C3%A9verin-Mars+Macbeth&printsec=frontcover |title=Le Theatre |date=1909 |publisher=Jean Boussod, Manzi, Joyant & Cie |language=fr}}
  • Georgette Leblanc

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