Macbeth (1982 film)

Macbeth is a 1982^[1] Hungarian television film adapted, edited and directed by Béla Tarr.^[2] György Cserhalmi stars Macbeth while Erzsébet Kútvölgyi portrays Lady Macbeth.^[2] The film is composed of only two shots: The first (before the main title) is five minutes long, the second 57 minutes long.^[3]

Macbeth
Based on	Macbeth by William Shakespeare
Screenplay by	Béla Tarr
Directed by	Béla Tarr
Starring	György Cserhalmi Erzsébet Kútvölgyi Ferenc Bencze Imre Csuja János Derzsi István Dégi Pál Hetényi Tamás Jordán Attila Kaszás Gyula Maár Đoko Rosić József Ruszt Géza Rácz János Ács Lajos Őze
Music by	András Szabó
Country of origin	Hungary
Original language	Hungarian
Production
Cinematography	Buda Gulyás Ferenc Papp
Editor	Béla Tarr
Running time	62 minutes
Original release
Network	Magyar Televízió
Release	16 March 1982 (1982-03-16)

Considered to be a watershed in the filmmaker's artistic development,^[3] the film was among examples of Tarr's work screened at the Museum of Modern Art during a retrospective in October 2001.^[4] It has also been screened during a retrospective at the 33rd Moscow International Film Festival.^[5]