Macbeth is a black and white 1922 film adaptation of the William Shakespeare play Macbeth. It was the last silent film version of that play produced, and the eighth film adaptation of the play. It was directed by H. B. Parkinson and produced by Frank Miller.
Middle-aged widow Beatrice Hunsdorfer and her daughters Ruth and Matilda are struggling to survive in a society they barely understand. Beatrice dreams of opening an elegant tea room but does not have the wherewithal to achieve her lofty goal. Epileptic Ruth is a rebellious adolescent, while shy but highly intelligent and idealistic Matilda seeks solace in her pets and school projects, including one designed to show how small amounts of radium affect marigolds.
In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son, Paul, and neglects her daughter and husband. Lawyer Jim Train is devoted to his career, not his family. Helen Christianson wants to find a new spark in life, while Annette Jennings tries to rebuild hers.
Seçkin festivallerden ödüllerle dönmüş bir yapım ve gerçek bir yaşam öyküsü… Güney Afrika'da yaşayan 10 yaşındaki Sandra (Sophie Okonedo) tipik bir yerli gibi görünmektedir Ancak anne-babası beyazdır; ancak atalarının kökleri, siyahi ırka dayanmaktadır Sandra, beyaz tenli ağabeyinin eğitim gördüğü yatılı okula gönderilir Fakat 'renkli' olduğu için okuldan kovulur Sandra'nın babası Abraham (Sam Neill) bu karara karşı çıkar ve mahkemeye başvurur Bu olay uluslararası bir skandal haline gelir Sandra, ilerleyen yıllarda da ırkçılık sorunuyla sürekli mücadele etmek zorunda kalacaktır.
94 yaşındaki Eleanor Morgenstein, en yakın arkadaşının ölümünün ardından hayatını yeniden kurmaya çalışır. Bunun sonucunda, onlarca yıl Florida'da yaşadıktan sonra New York'a geri döner.
Young Cedric Errol and his widowed mother live in genteel poverty in 1880s Brooklyn after the death of his father. Cedric's grandfather, the Earl of Dorincourt, has long ago disowned his son for marrying an American. But after the death of the Earl's remaining son, he decides to accept Cedric as his heir.
After the lewd and frenetic Dance of the Seven Veils, and with the solemn pledge from the very lips of Herod himself that she could have whatever her heart desires up to half his kingdom, wanton and proud young Salomé comes before her king with an unreasonable demand. Beguiled by John the Baptist, and then scorned for the sake of his god, lascivious Salomé—encouraged by her mother, the vindictive, Herodias—commands that John be executed and his head delivered on a silver platter.