Barry Lyndon (1975)

Name: Barry Lyndon
Released: 1975
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Ryan O'Neal, Marisa Berenson, Patrick Magee, Hardy Krüger, Steven Berkoff

• Movies, Drama, History, Romance, War

• 185 min

At long last Redmond Barry became a gentleman—and that was his tragedy.

Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
Casting: Ryan O'Neal, Marisa Berenson, Patrick Magee, Hardy Krüger, Steven Berkoff, Gay Hamilton, Marie Kean, Diana Körner, Murray Melvin, Frank Middlemass, Leon Vitali, Arthur O'Sullivan, Godfrey Quigley, Leonard Rossiter, Philip Stone, André Morell, Billy Boyle, John Bindon, Roger Booth, Jonathan Cecil, Peter Cellier, Geoffrey Chater, Anthony Dawes, Patrick Dawson, Bernard Hepton, Anthony Herrick, Barry Jackson, Wolf Kahler, Pat Laffan, Hans Meyer, Ferdy Mayne, David Morley, Liam Redmond, Pat Roach, Dominic Savage, Frederick Schiller, George Sewell, Anthony Sharp, John Sharp, Roy Spencer, Michael Hordern, John Sullivan, Harry Towb, Norman Gay, Vivian Kubrick, Katharina Kubrick, Anthony Lang, Gary Taylor, John Trehy, George Holdcroft, Mark Baxter
Countries: United Kingdom, United States of America
Premiere: 1975-12-18
Status: Released

Tags: based on novel or book, gambling, desertion, fencing, palace, british army, opportunist, wealth, debt, duel, ireland, british soldier, 18th century, card playing, pistol duel, seven years war, nobility, prussia, cautionary

An Irish rogue uses his cunning and wit to work his way up the social classes of 18th century England, transforming himself from the humble Redmond Barry into the noble Barry Lyndon.