Edward II

A classic tale of sex, revenge, and love

Sinopse

England, 14th century. King Edward II falls in love with Piers Gaveston, a young man of humble origins, whom he honors with favors and titles of nobility. The cold and jealous Queen Isabella conspires with the evil Mortimer to get rid of Gaveston, overthrow her husband and take power…

6.1
1991
Released
1h 30m

Steven Waddington

Andrew Tiernan

Tilda Swinton

Nigel Terry

John Lynch

Dudley Sutton

Jerome Flynn

Jody Graber

Annie Lennox

Kevin Collins

Lightbourn, the Gaoler

Tony Forsyth

Jill Balcon

Barbara New

Andrea Miller

Brian Mitchell

David Glover

Andrew Charleson

John Quentin

Roger Hammond

Allan Corduner

Lloyd Newson

Nigel Charnock

Mark Davis

Andy Jeffrey

Barry John Clarke

John Henry Duncan

Thomas Duncan

Giles de Montigny

Jonathan Stables

Michael Watkins

Robb Dennis

Chris McHallem

David Oliver

Christopher Adamson

Danny Earl

Kim Dare

Kristina Overton

Trevor Skingle

Christopher Hobbs

Kate Temple

Andrew Lee Bolton

Liz Ranken

Renee Eyre

Sharon Munro

Ian Francis

Abigail Brown

Elektra Quartet; Violin

Sonia Slaney

Elektra Quartet; Violin

Dinah Beamish

Elektra Quartet; Cello

Status

Released

Original Language

Budget

$1,003,575.00

Revenue

$706,131.00

Keywords

#husband wife relationship
#based on play or musical
#male homosexuality
#palace intrigue
#medieval england
#14th century
#gay theme

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Reviews

@Geronimo19673 months ago

The rights of kings may well have been divine in the fourteenth century, but that was only so long as you could carry the support of the church, your wife and the powerful nobles upon whom this whole game of political jenga was based. When Edward II (Steven Waddington) decides to tempt just about all of these pillars of support by openly parading his lover Gaveston (Andrew Tiernan) to his court, i