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NNadir

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10. His film version of Richard III, with a World War I set is one of the finest...

Reply to MayReasonRule (Original post)

Thu Feb 19, 2026, 04:15 PM

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...Shakespeare films I've ever seen, and I've seen many.

The only comparable, for absolute depth, film version of Shakespeare is Branaugh's Hamlet.

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