The Madness of King George (1994)1h47
Comedy · Drama · History
Director Nicholas Hytner (6.5 avg)
Also directed The Lady in the Van, The Crucible, Center Stage, and 21 more
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.
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Cast
Nigel Hawthorne
Helen Mirren
Ian Holm
Anthony Calf
Amanda Donohoe
Rupert Graves
Geoffrey Palmer
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