Richard III (1955 film)

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British film film historical drama film

Richard III (1955 film) is a British historical drama directed by and starring Laurence Olivier, adapting Shakespeare’s play about the scheming English king.

Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Richard III (play) 2
Richard III (19555 film) 0
Richard III film score 1
Shakespeare’s play "Richard III" 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British film ⓘ
film ⓘ
historical drama film ⓘ
basedOn Richard III (1955 film) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Richard III (play)
basedOnWorkBy William Shakespeare ⓘ
cinematography Otto Heller ⓘ
colorProcess Technicolor ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
director Laurence Olivier ⓘ
distributor United Artists ⓘ
editor Helga Cranston ⓘ
follows Hamlet (1948 film) ⓘ
genre Shakespearean adaptation ⓘ
historical drama ⓘ
hasAspectRatio 1.66:1 ⓘ
hasFilmFormat 35 mm ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainCharacter Richard III of England ⓘ
medium feature film ⓘ
musicBy William Walton ⓘ
narrativeLocation England ⓘ
notableFor Laurence Olivier’s performance as Richard III ⓘ
adaptation of Shakespeare’s history play ⓘ
partOf Henry V (1944 film) ⓘ
surface form: Laurence Olivier’s Shakespeare film trilogy
portrays House of Lancaster ⓘ
House of York ⓘ
Richard III of England ⓘ
precededBy Henry V (1944 film) ⓘ
producer Laurence Olivier ⓘ
productionCompany London Films ⓘ
releaseDate 1955 ⓘ
runtime approximately 161 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter Alan Dent ⓘ
Colin Turnbull ⓘ
Laurence Olivier ⓘ
settingPeriod Wars of the Roses ⓘ
starring Alec Clunes ⓘ
Andrew Cruickshank ⓘ
Cedric Hardwicke ⓘ
Claire Bloom ⓘ
John Gielgud ⓘ
Laurence Naismith ⓘ
Laurence Olivier ⓘ
Mary Kerridge ⓘ
Michael Gough ⓘ
Norman Wooland ⓘ
Pamela Brown ⓘ
Ralph Richardson ⓘ
Stanley Baker ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Richard III of England → associatedWork → Richard III (1955 film) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shakespeare’s play "Richard III"
Richard III (1955 film) → basedOn → Richard III (1955 film) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Richard III (play)
Laurence Olivier → directed → Richard III (1955 film) ⓘ
Laurence Olivier → notableWork → Richard III (1955 film) ⓘ
William Walton → notableWork → Richard III (1955 film) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Richard III film score
this entity surface form: Richard III (play)