The Lion in Winter 4K 1968

A real story, almost a Greek tragedy - begins like a fairy tale: the most beautiful woman of her time, Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine married a bright handsome intelligent prince - Henry Plantagenet, King of England and a good part of France. They loved each other passionately, with all of Europe at their feet...

What happened? They burned each other - first in the fire of their love, then in their hatred. He - fell out of love, and she could not forgive him. Katharine Hepburn, the greatest actress of the century, is brilliant in her best role - an extraordinary woman, ready to give ALL for love that can not be returned. "Of the earth? I laugh at your losses! I have lost you, Henry. And I can NEVER get you back." Henry's tragedy, his problems with his underachieving sons, pawns in his mother's hands, recede into the background. As Eleanor watches her husband kiss Alix, there is a maddening, agonizing pain in her eyes... Henry is HER man, and she rejoices in the fact that she can still make him angry, can hurt him - because nothing can quench her pain. Peter OTul is good if only because it's clear who his wife is crazy about. He is indeed a Lion among young jackals, he is not old yet - but very tired, having wasted himself on passion and hatred. He realizes that by trapping Elinor in a cage, he still won't defeat her - and he doesn't need to, he enjoys this protracted fight. “You're still my queen,” he says, and it's true. But Elinor needs passion, and there will never be any more of it.

Shakespeare's powerful movie, next to which the remake looks pale. Although the play is the same. There's only one difference. When Hepburn and OTul are on the screen, you believe that you are really looking at the greatest people of their century - with great passions and great vices. That their hearts are breaking before your eyes.