Watch Macbeth (1971) Online

Fusing Shakespeare‘s tragedy with the Verdi opera, Schroeter's Macbeth is a fascinating television experiment shot entirely in a studio with several electronic cameras. As Schroeter would recall, "I arranged the Verdi music for a quartet of violin, accordion, piano and oboe, but modeled the rhythms on Argentinian tangos and boleros. The actors sang with horrifying, shrill voices.... The use of video allowed me to produce extraordinary colors.... Of all my films, Macbeth was most unwelcome: Audiences don’t like their Shakespeare to be presented in this way, but I do not differentiate between kitsch and culture...". - MoMA Read More

Watch Macbeth online. Featuring Anette Tirier and Magdalena Montezuma, Macbeth is classified as Drama and TV Movie genre movie with an average rating across the web of 7. It is available for streaming online in the USA The movie was filmed in Germany and was released on 1971. Macbeth was directed by Werner Schroeter. Read Less