Cymbeline

Cymbeline

175 mins | Drama, Romance, TV Movie | Dec. 20, 1982

Cymbeline, the King of Britain, is angry that his daughter Imogen has chosen a poor (but worthy) man for her husband. So he banishes Posthumus, who goes to fight for Rome. Imogen (dressed as a boy) goes in search of her husband, who meanwhile has boasted to his pal Iachimo that Imogen would never betray him. And Iachimo's determined to prove him wrong.

Cymbeline

175 mins | Drama, Romance, TV Movie | Dec. 20, 1982

Cymbeline
Cymbeline, the King of Britain, is angry that his daughter Imogen has chosen a poor (but worthy) man for her husband. So he banishes Posthumus, who goes to fight for Rome. Imogen (dressed as a boy) goes in search of her husband, who meanwhile has boasted to his pal Iachimo that Imogen would never betray him. And Iachimo's determined to prove him wrong.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers BBC, Time-Life Television Productions
Original title Cymbeline
Directors Elijah Moshinsky
Writers William Shakespeare

Cast

Richard Johnson

as Cymbeline

Michael Pennington

as Posthumus

Claire Bloom

as Queen

Robert Lindsay

as Iachimo

Helen Mirren

as Imogen

Michael Gough

as Belarius

Michael Hordern

as Jupiter

John Kane

as Pisanio

Nicholas Young

as Lord

Aimée Delamain

as Gentlewoman

Paul Jesson

as Cloten

Geoffrey Lumsden

as Philario

Patsy Smart

as Helen

Allan Hendrick

as Frenchman

Nigel Robson

as Singer

Terence McGinity

as British Captain

Graham Crowden

as Caius Lucius

Geoffrey Burridge

as Guiderius

David Creedon

as Arviragus

Patricia Hayes

as Soothsayer

Peter Aldwyn

as British Captain

Ray Mort

as Gaoler

Marius Goring

as Sicilius Leonatus

Madge Ryan

as Mother

Hugh Thomas

as Cornelius