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MOVIE1968 2h 14m GBR
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
''The Lion in Winter'' is set during Christmas 1183, at Henry II of England's château and primary residence in Chinon, Anjou, in the medieval Angevin Empire. Henry wants his youngest son, the future John, King of England, to inherit his throne, while his estranged and imprisoned wife, Duchess Eleanor of Aquitaine, temporarily released from prison for the holidays, favors their oldest surviving son, the future Richard I of England. Meanwhile, King Philip II of France, the son and successor of Louis VII of France, Eleanor's ex-husband, has given his half-sister Alys, Countess of the Vexin, who is currently Henry's mistress, to the future heir, and demands either a wedding or the return of her dowry.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Katharine Hepburn
Eleanor of Aquitaine
John Castle
Geoffrey
Nigel Terry
John
Timothy Dalton
Philip II
Jane Merrow
Alais
Nigel Stock
William Marshall
Kenneth Ives
Queen Eleanor's Guard
Henry Woolf
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