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Edward II
- Runtime:
- 91 min.
- Year of Production:
- 1991
- Country:
- Großbritannien
- Director:
- Cast:
- Steven Waddington
Andrew Tiernan
Tilda Swinton
Nigel Terry
Kevin Collins
Jerome Flynn
John Lynch
Dudley Sutton
Jody Graber
Annie Lennox
Allan Corduner - Production Company:
- Working Title Productions, Ltd.; British Screen; BBC Films; Uplink
- Berlinale Section:
- Forum
- Berlinale Category:
- Feature Film
- Teddy Award:
- Teddy Jury Award
Edward II, King of England, jeopardizes his reign when he brings his male lover to court. Embarrassed and outraged by the flaunting of his "degeneracy," his neglected Queen leads a vicious plot to assasinate his lover.
BIOGRAFIE Derek Jarman
Born 1942, died 1994. Studied painting and worked as a costume and set designer for the Royal Ballet. Worked as a set designer on Ken Russell’s 1970 film THE DEVILS. Made numerous short films before directing his first feature, SEBASTIANE, in 1976. His first film to screen at the Berlinale was THE TEMPEST in 1979. In addition to his subversive period dramas and experimental films, he began directing avant-garde music videos in the 1970s. He was also a committed campaigner for gay rights in Britain.
FILMOGRAFIE Derek Jarman (selection)
2014 Will You Dance with Me?
2008 Derek
1993 Blue
1992 Wittgenstein
1991 Edward II
1990 The Garden
1989 War Requiem
1987 Aria
1987 The Last of England
1986 Caravaggio
1985 The Angelic Conversation
1984 Imagining October
1979 The Tempest
1977 Jubilee
1976 Sebastiane