His Majesty was all powerful and all knowing. But he wasn't quite all there.
Aging King George III of England is exhibiting signs of madness, a problem little understood in 1788. As the monarch alternates between bouts of confusion and near-violent outbursts of temper, his hapless doctors attempt the ineffectual cures of the day. Meanwhile, Queen Charlotte and Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger attempt to prevent the king's political enemies, led by the Prince of Wales, from usurping the throne.
- 6.8
- 1994
- Released
- 1h 47m
Nigel Hawthorne
George III
Helen Mirren
Queen Charlotte
Ian Holm
Willis
Anthony Calf
Fitzroy
Amanda Donohoe
Lady Pembroke
Rupert Graves
Greville
Geoffrey Palmer
Warren
Julian Wadham
Pitt
John Wood
Thurlow
Rupert Everett
Prince of Wales
Jim Carter
Fox
Roger Hammond
Baker
Cyril Shaps
Pepys
Selina Cadell
Mrs Cordwell
Paul Corrigan
BraunMatthew Lloyd Davies
Papandick
Caroline Harker
Mrs Fitzherbert
Julian Rhind-Tutt
Duke of York
Struan Rodger
Dundas
Adrian Scarborough
Fortnum
Barry Stanton
Sheridan
Peter Woodthorpe
ClergymanCharlotte Curley
AmeliaPeter Bride-Kirk
Royal ChildEve Cadman
Royal ChildThomas Copeland
Royal ChildJoanna Hall
Royal ChildCassandra Halliburton
Royal ChildRussell Martin
Royal ChildNatalie Palys
Royal ChildDavid Leon
FootmanMartin Julier
FootmanDan Hammond
Footman
Nicholas Irons
Footman
Nick Sampson
Sergeant at Arms
Jeremy Child
Black RodNicholas Selby
Speaker
Janine Duvitski
Margaret Nicholson
Iain Mitchell
FarmerCelestine Randall
Lady AdamJames Peck
Willis' Attendant
Clive Brunt
Willis' AttendantFergus Webster
Willis' AttendantBarry Gillespie
Willis' AttendantJoe Maddison
Willis' Attendant
Dermot Keaney
FootmanColin McPhillamy
MP
Roger Ashton-Griffiths
MP
Robert Swann
1st MP
Released
en
$15,238,994.00
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Reviews
A little like Keith Michell in "Henry VIII and his Six Wives"; this was a role Nigel Hawthorne had perfected earlier (he won an Olivier award for the stage play) and so he took to the cinematic version like a duck to water. This telling of his "madness" is superb - ably reflecting the unpredictable and vacillating behaviour of the King in a plausible and engaging manner. Rupert Everett, Helen Mirr
As monarchs go, King George is of the better kind. He's gruff and has annoying quirks, but he cares for people and country. He's neither a cruel tyrant, nor a wasteful peacock - which the prince is. Trouble is, King George is not well any more. In his head. What we can diagnose to be likely porphyria today, was simply madness back then. The Madness of King George has its aspects of tragedy,