The Cardinal (1936 film)

{{Short description|1936 British film by Sinclair Hill}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = The Cardinal

| image = The Cardinal (1936 film).jpg

| caption =

| director = Sinclair Hill

| producer =

| based_on = {{based on|The Cardinal|Louis N. Parker}}

| writer = D. B. Wyndham-Lewis

| narrator =

| starring = {{ubl|Matheson Lang|Eric Portman|June Duprez}}

| music = Leighton Lucas

| cinematography = Cyril Bristow

| editing = Max Brenner

| studio = Grosvenor Films

| distributor = Pathé Pictures

| released = {{Film date|1936|03|26|df=yes}}

| runtime = 70 minutes

| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

| budget =

| gross =

}}

The Cardinal is a 1936 British historical drama film directed by Sinclair Hill and starring Matheson Lang, Eric Portman and June Duprez.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090114071837/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/28739 BFI Database entry] The film depicts a power battle in sixteenth-century Rome between the leading church-statesman Giuliano de' Medici and one of his rivals. Other themes in the film are the Italian Wars against France and the construction of the new St. Peter's Basilica to a design by Michelangelo.

The film was based on the 1901 play The Cardinal by Louis N. Parker. It was made at Welwyn Studios as an independent production, but released by a leading distributor Associated British.Wood p.85