The Lion in Winter (1968)

Name: The Lion in Winter
Released: 1968
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Katharine Hepburn, Anthony Hopkins, John Castle, Nigel Terry

• Movies, Drama, History

• 134 min

7.4

What family doesn’t have its ups and downs?

Directed by: Anthony Harvey
Casting: Peter O'Toole, Katharine Hepburn, Anthony Hopkins, John Castle, Nigel Terry, Timothy Dalton, Jane Merrow, Nigel Stock, O.Z. Whitehead, Kenneth Ives, Kenneth Griffith, Henry Woolf, Karol Hagar, David Griffith, Fran Stafford, Ella More
Countries: United Kingdom
Premiere: 1968-10-30
Status: Released

Tags: infidelity, france, england, queen, castle, based on play or musical, richard the lionheart, unfaithfulness, mistress, king, spear, homoeroticism, christmas, 12th century, eleanor of aquitaine, gay theme

Henry II and his estranged queen battle over the choice of an heir.