''Macbeth'' is a German 1913 silent film version of the William Shakespeare play ''

Macbeth ''Macbeth'' (, full title ''The Tragedie of Macbeth'') is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. It is thought to have been first performed in 1606. It dramatises the damaging physical and psychological effects of political ambition on those w ...

'', and the fifth film adaptation of that work.

Arthur Bourchier Arthur Bourchier (22 June 186314 September 1927) was an English actor and Actor-manager, theatre manager. He married and later divorced the actress Violet Vanbrugh. Bourchier was noted for roles both in classical drama, particularly William S ...

plays

, and Violet Vanbrugh

Lady Macbeth Lady Macbeth is a leading character in William Shakespeare's tragedy '' Macbeth'' (). As the wife of the play's tragic hero, Macbeth (a Scottish nobleman), Lady Macbeth goads her husband into committing regicide, after which she becomes quee ...

. It was released on 17 November 1913 in the UK. It was distributed in the US as a five reel film, and the announced British lengths were 4200, 4500 and 4700 feet. It was thought to be a lost film, though silentera.com states that the International Museum of Photography and Film at the George Eastman Museum may have a print.

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* Films based on Macbeth Films of the German Empire German silent feature films Lost German films 1913 films German black-and-white films 1913 lost films 1910s German films {{1910s-Germany-film-stub