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Cromwell [DVD] (1970) [2003]

Richard Harris (Actor), Alec Guinness (Actor), Ken Hughes (Director, Writer) Rated: Parental Guidance Format: DVD
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Genre Drama
Format PAL, Subtitled
Contributor Alec Guinness, Patrick Holt, Ken Hughes, Patrick Magee, Robert Morley, Michael Jayston, Irving Allen, Dorothy Tutin, Patrick Wymark, Charles Gray, Stratford Johns, Geoffrey Unsworth, Timothy Dalton, Nigel Stock, Zena Walker, Richard Harris, Frank Finlay, Bill Lenny See more
Language English
Runtime 2 hours and 14 minutes

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Richard Harris and Sir Alec Guinness star in this sweeping, handsomely-mounted epic drama recounting the battle which raged between the monarchy and a commoner over the very soul of Great Britain. In17th-century England, ambitious country gentleman Oliver Cromwell (Harris) dared to challenge the political oppression and corruption which besieged his nation. Watching his power being usurped by a commoner, King Charles I (Two-time Oscar(r)-winner Guinness, 1957 Best Actor, The Bridge on the River Kwai; 1980 Honorary Award) springs to challenge his adversary. One man will become absolute ruler; the other will be executed. Rousing battle sequences, excellent lead and supporting performances fromRobert Morley, Dorothy Tutin and Timothy Dalton, Academy(r) Award-winning costume design and spectacular photography by renowned cinematographer Geoffrey Unsworth (Cabaret, Tess), make CROMWELL an outstanding historical drama in the tradition of Braveheart.

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  • Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 16:9 - 2.35:1
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 18.9 x 13.6 x 1.7 cm; 0.28 g
  • Audio Description: ‏ : ‎ None
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ 5035822025134
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Ken Hughes
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Subtitled, PAL
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 2 hours and 14 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ 10 Nov. 2003
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Richard Harris, Alec Guinness, Robert Morley, Dorothy Tutin, Frank Finlay
  • Dubbed: ‏ : ‎ French, Spanish, German, Italian
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ Danish, French, Dutch, English, Finnish, Czech, German, Arabic, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Icelandic, Greek, Hungarian, Norwegian, Spanish, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish, Turkish
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
  • Producers ‏ : ‎ Irving Allen
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0000BV1K5
  • Country of origin ‏ : ‎ Austria
  • Writers ‏ : ‎ Ken Hughes
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
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  • Vrilya
    5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic film
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 July 2024
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    Really enjoyed Richard Harris's portrayal of a moody broody Cromwell who knew that the king was weak and that he could take top position in the dominance heirarchy if he challenged him, the battle scenes, tactics and strategy were fantastic as were the behind the scenes political intrigue, plotting, skullduggery and machiavellian machinations....if you liked Game of Thrones, you'll like this one too....
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  • JOHN WILLIAM NIELD
    5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely Superb
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 September 2024
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    Great Historical Film, wonderfully made with great British Actors.
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  • JWH
    4.0 out of 5 stars Fair Stab at Making the Story Work on Film
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 6 March 2018
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    It was a pretty good watch. The acting and soundtrack have been justly praised. Visually it does look quite dated and the battle scenes lack the mass and violence that would be doable now. There are many historical inaccuracies and shortcuts on all levels but the tale mostly works emotionally in the film. I thought that the contrast between the Cromwell character - played as unselfish, principled, homely, determined yet prejudiced - and the King Charles' character - played as unsure, proud, changeable, but fundamentally trying to do good by his people and be tolerant - worked really well. These contrasts are the basic drivers of the film: at least to me, the depictions of the "historical events" e.g. the battles, or the parliamentary set-pieces, are less interesting because they are harder to emotionally connect to in this film, although Richard Harris does his best to inject some meaning into them. The basic issues of the time are brought out, in simplified fashion. I thought that the film highlighted the villains of the piece as Manchester and to a lesser extent, Essex, much more than either of the two principals.
    I find it hard to imagine that this could be anyone's favourite film, but to fans of either Alec Guinness or Richard Harris, these kind of historical epics or those particularly interested in the period, it is worth a look.
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  • Michael
    5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 21 October 2023
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    Just what i was looking for. This starts from the discontent of Cromwell , an England edging towards the civil war. Thankfully, this doesn’t focus too much on Cromwell or Charles in a wrong way. They both get equal air time i thought, the Battle scenes gave goosebumps. Hearing the Levies sing Christian chants, and seeing them mount their Muskets on Tripods was stuff i have never thought about alot til watching this. But the best thing about this film? The costumes and the Parliament scenes! I would say a solid 35-50% of the Scenes in this are taken in the House of Commons. Going over ludicrous debates, the infamous storming of Parliament by Charles I (Which was a perfect scene btw, everything was just so amazing about that scene. I’ve rewatched it 5 times since seeing this). Long story short, watch this. I’ll definitely be giving it a re-run in a month or so
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  • Francis husseiny
    5.0 out of 5 stars "i tell you we will cut off his head with the crown upon it .
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 21 May 2012
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    Disgusted with the religious policies of King Charles I, Oliver Cromwell plans to take his family to the New World. But on the eve of their departure, Cromwell is drawn into the tangled web of religious tension and political infighting that will result in the British Civil War...
    WHAT CAN I SAY ?
    Alec Guiness is truly in his element as King Charles play the part with huge dignity also providing a brilliant contrast to Harris as Cromwell...Richard Harris brings his own gravitas to the role although Cromwell was a notoriously ugly and brutish man he does it with conviction and belief,Oliver Cromwell's life and character has several different elements
    none of which can be seen in isolation from each other The key themes which are reflected on here are Cromwell the soldier, for it
    was his military prowess that propelled his extraordinary rise to power:
    Cromwell the politician as his skilful maneuvering maintained his position,
    and Cromwell's religion which arguably was the motivation that drove him
    from the 1630's onwards. This film portrays Cromwell as a man who knows that he must do some terrible things for the greater good of the country, and whether or not .there is any truth in that is another matter but Harris portrays him as a tortured soul driven by circumstances and the need for a greater good.plus there is A solid supporting cast also help to bring this film to life Dorothy Tutin is superb as Queen Henrietta Maria. Timothy Dalton as Prince Rupert Robert Morely is fantastic as the Earl of Manchester. The battle scenes are superb between the royalists and the parliamentary The description is accurate with this being a British civil war and not an English one as Scots plus Irish and Welsh Royalist against the parliamentarian English and the covenanters of Scotland.
    this is also a very moving story of the fall of a king and the struggle he has in maintaining his throne and dignity.and also catch a glimpse of the enigma that was Cromwell...
    this film is still A stunning historical recreation of the English Civil War
    it is also A breathtaking epic film...
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  • M. Hastie
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great speech by Cromwell
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 17 July 2024
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    Oliver Cromwell's famous speech before he dissolved parliament should be shown to all our corrupt politicians. He called them corrupt and whore mongers, and our enemy countries have profited from our corruption, and it's still going on today.
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  • Ralf T.
    5.0 out of 5 stars Für DVD gute Qualität
    Reviewed in Germany on 8 August 2024
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    Schon seit längerer Zeit habe ich nach diesem Film geschaut und jetzt gefunden.
    Über Inhalt und Leistung der Darsteller findet man bereits genügend Informationen in anderen Beiträgen.
    Die DVD wurde eingeschweißt geliefert.
    Für eine DVD ist die Bildqualität gut bis sehr gut, auf einem 55 Zoll TV kann man den Film gut anschauen.
    Gleichwohl ist es schade dass es den Film nicht in HD auf Blu Ray in deutscher Sprache gibt.
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  • Gianpietro
    5.0 out of 5 stars Articolo ben consegnato e perfetto
    Reviewed in Italy on 5 October 2020
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    Perfetto. Avevo acquistato il dvd presso altri ed era pessimo (bassa risoluzione, si bloccava). ÍøÆغÚÁÏ Ã¨ sempre una sicurezza
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  • JT
    5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful period flavor piece ........
    Reviewed in Canada on 21 June 2013
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    This movie had a really nice Renaissance period flavor to it. The costumes were fabulous and the story was exciting and easy to follow. From what I understand the story is not totally historically accurate in a few details, but it is accurate in the overall events that it portrays. Of course, it is a movie and it's primary goal is to probably entertain which it does in spades. The battle scenes were great and one really gets a nice idea of the political climate of those times as the outrage of parliament over the kings cruelties, arrogance, and follies are well portrayed.
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  • Vince L. Falcone
    5.0 out of 5 stars This Country Will Be Well Governed If I Have To Do It Myself
    Reviewed in the United States on 1 April 2011
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    Cromwell was an ambitious undertaking for Director Ken Hughes and his two stars Richard Harris and Alec Guinness. He managed to capture the spirit of that part of the 17th century even if he didn't get all his facts right.

    Like the many tellings of the story of Mary Tudor and Mary Stuart which have them in climatic meeting, we have Oliver Cromwell and Mary Stuart's grandson, Charles I meeting not once, but several times. They too never met, but the story demands it.

    In point of fact Oliver Cromwell was a minor figure in the war between the Crown and Parliament until the Parliamentary Army lost a series of battles and looked like they were going down for the count. It was at that point that Cromwell emerged as a military leader. It turned out that this previously obscure member of Parliament who had no previous military training had a natural genius for warmaking. He turned that army around and eventually Parliament won.

    Cromwell could have been George Washington at this point and retired to the farm, but he used his prestige and not as reluctantly as this film shows to make himself the military dictator of Great Britain with the title of Lord Protector.

    The experience of Cromwell's reign scarred the English body politic for generations and to a large degree the American one as well. The whole struggle over which interpretation of Christianity would hold sway was something all of the ancestors of the American founding fathers had to deal with. That's when the idea came to them to have no established religion in America. Cromwell's large standing Ironsides Army enforcing his dictatorship led to a positive mania about no standing armies, no quartering of troops and even the right to bear arms. All this because of a collective memory of the Lord Protector.

    Richard Harris is a lean and mean Cromwell who keeps saying he just wants to go back to the farm, but somehow winds up grabbing for more power. Alec Guinness is the perfect conception of that luckless monarch Charles I. Please note the relationship between Guinness and Queen Henrietta Marie played by Dorothy Tutin. Two things should be remembered there. First Henrietta Marie is the sister of Louis XIV of France, a monarch with considerable more power than Charles has. Note how Tutin is constantly berating Guinness for not standing up to the Parliament. He does and see where it gets him. Secondly Charles I is one of the very few English monarchs with no royal paramours. He and the Queen were actually in love and he knew her advice was from the heart if it proved disastrous.

    Please note a couple of other good performances, Timothy Dalton as Prince Ruppert of the Rhine, Charles's nephew from Germany who actually was a whole lot smarter than he's shown here. And Robert Morley as the Earl of Manchester, one of Cromwell's rivals in the Parliamentary camp.

    Oliver Cromwell died in 1658 quite suddenly and within two years the Stuart Monarchy was restored under Charles II, oldest son of Charles I and Henrietta Marie. The collapse of the Protectorate is a subject that English historians have some raging debates over. It was very much like the collapse of the Soviet Union in our time. The collapse of the Protectorate and the Restoration of the Stuarts was filmed in Douglas Fairbanks Jr.'s The Exile and really needs an up to date treatment.

    Cromwell as a film is magnificently photographed and directed and actually won an Oscar for costume design. But the flaws in the story line are too many and don't use this film as Cliff's notes kids.
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  • cologniote
    5.0 out of 5 stars Grande fresque historique
    Reviewed in France on 8 January 2013
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    Le film raconte vingt ans de l'histoire de l'Angleterre à travers l'ascension d'Oliver Cromwell. Ici, point de fausse objectivité: le film est outrageusement favorable à Cromwell, présenté comme un des fondateurs de la démocratie moderne, ce qui l'aurait sans doute bien étonné. A tout prendre, mieux vaut un film engagé qu'un film qui n'annoncerait pas la couleur.
    Sauf qu'Alec Guiness, dans le rôle de Charles Ier, le "méchant" du film (mais en fait présenté avec un effort louable d'objectivité, de telle sorte qu'on comprend bien qu'aux yeux de la majorité de son peuple, il racheta par une mort exemplaire, véritable spectacle baroque mis en scène par le condamné lui-même, une vie de duplicité et décisions malencontreuses) est si impressionnant qu'il finit par en éclipser le personnage de Cromwell, pourtant fort bien interprété lui aussi par Harris.
    Disons d'emblée que la vie de Cromwell était un sujet en or: c'est un des personnages les plus énigmatiques de l'Histoire, son propre entourage étant divisés entre ceux qui le tenaient pour parfaitement sincère et ceux qui le tenaient pour parfaitement hypocrite, un grand stratège qui révolutionna l'art de la guerre et le fondateur de la puissance maritime britannique. Le spectateur ne risque donc pas de s'ennuyer une seconde avec une pareille histoire, plus grande que la fiction. D'autant plus que, comme je l'ai déjà dit, son adversaire ne manquait pas de panache non plus. Ajoutons qu'un des avantages d'un pareil sujet, c'est que Cromwell était si ambigu que personne ne peut reprocher au film de ne pas avoir montré le "vrai" Cromwell: sans doute plus tolérant que ses partisans, mais quand même responsable du massacre de Drogheda; républicain, mais qui faillit coiffer la couronne; sans formation militaire, mais excellent général, etc.
    Ce n'était pas tout d'avoir un sujet en or, encore fallait-il que le traitement fût à la hauteur. Là encore, on en a pour son argent: tous les acteurs sont très bons; il ne manque pas une cuirasse, pas un mousquet et pas un éperon; les scènes de bataille sont crédibles; le scénario est habile, sacrifiant l'épisode de la deuxième guerre civile pour ne pas diminuer l'intérêt du spectateur.
    On est captivé par un film qui, en plus, donne à réfléchir, le seul regret étant que l'aspect religieux (lutte entre les anglicans, les presbytériens et les protestants indépendants), qui joua pourtant un rôle capital dans les deux révolutions d'Angleterre, est réduit à la portion congrue au profit de l'aspect politique, encore que le film montre bien que Charles Ier inclinait vers un anglicanisme liturgique ("High Church") qui prêtait le flanc à l'accusation rédhibitoire de "papisme". Précisons encore que le film est centré sur la montée au pouvoir de Cromwell, et que les années où il fut enfin Lord Protecteur, et donc roi sans le titre, ne sont racontées qu'en une séquence finale.
    Je recommande enfin de regarder la version originale sous-titrée: c'est de l'anglais parfait, tel que l'on n'en entend plus: l'anglais est loin d'être ma langue étrangère préférée, mais à ce degré de soin dans l'écriture de dialogue et de qualité dans la diction des acteurs, je rends les armes.
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