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1908 – Macbeth, directed by J. Stuart Blackton. It is considered the first film version of this tragedy.

1911 – Macbeth, directed by unknown director. This British film has been lost.

1916 – Macbeth, directed by Beerbohm Tree. Black and white, silent film of American origin.

1948 – Macbeth, directed by Orson Welles. This fim considered one of the best versions of Othello on screen.

1955 – Joe Macbeth, directed by Ken Hughes.Black and white British film set in a context of gangsters.

1957 – Throne of Blood (kumonosu jo), directed by Akira Kurosawa. This film is set in the 16^th century Japan.

1962 – Lady Macbeth in Siberia, directed by Wajda. This film was shot in Yugoslavia and it is focus on the evictions to Siberia in the czar era.

1970 – Cabezas cortadas, directed by Glauber Rocha. Brazilian film shot in Spain which is considered a loose version of Macbeth.

1971 – Macbeth, directed by Roman Polanski. Very good British version of the tragedy.

1979 – A Performance of Macbeth, directed by Philip Casson. A Royal Shakespeare Company performance produced by an expert in taking Shakespeare to the screen, Trevor Nunn.

1981 – Macbeth, directed by Arthur Allan Seidelman. Independent American production.

1983 – Macbeth, directed by Jack Gold. This is a British version for the BBC.

1987 – Macbeth, directed by Claude d’Anna. This version is the filming of the performance of Verdi’s opera with the same name.

1991 – Men of Respect, directed by William Reilly. Modern adaptation of Macbeth in the context of gangsters.

1997 – Macbeth, directed by Jeremy Freeston. British version  starring Jason Conery.

2001 – Rave Macbeth, directed by Klaus Knoesel. German film set in the world of the damce rave culture.

2001 – Macbeth:The Comedy, directed by Allison L. Licalsi. Comic version of the tragedy of Macbeth.

2001 – Scotland PA, directed by Billy Morrissette. This is a comedy set in the 70’s.

2003 – Maqbool, directed by Vishal Bhardwaj. Indian version of Macbeth set in that same country. It has the musical parts of every Bollywood film.

2006 – Macbeth, directed by Geoffrey Wright. Australian film set in the present-day.

2009 – The Third Witch, directed by Chris Noonan. It tells Macbeth’s story from the point of view of one of the witchs

SOURCES: 

-Martínez- Salanova. Enrique. “Shakespeare en el cine”,

http://www.uhu.es/cine.educacion/cineyeducacion/shakespeare1.htm#Sugerencias%20didácticas (search: 08/01/09)

– Tausiet, Antonio, 2008. “Shakespeare total”, http://shakespeareobra.wordpress.com (search 08/01/09)

– “The internet movie database”, http://www.imdb.com/.(search 08/01/09) 

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