...It takes a traitor and a hero
Director: Mike Barker
Writer: Jenny Mayhew
Producer: Kevin Loader
A recounting of the relationship between General Fairfax and Oliver Cromwell, as they try to cope with the consequences of deposing King Charles I.
102 min
Rating: 5.7/10
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Tim Roth
Oliver Cromwell
Dougray Scott
Thomas Fairfax
Olivia Williams
Lady Anne Fairfax
James Bolam
Denzil Holles
Corin Redgrave
Lord de Vere
Finbar Lynch
Cousin Henry
Movie Info
Director: Mike Barker
Writer: Jenny Mayhew
Producer: Kevin Loader
Production Companies: IAC Film, Film4 Productions, Scion Films, Natural Nylon Entertainment, Screenland Movieworld
Countries: Germany, United Kingdom
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John Chard:
I was counting on you. You let me down.
To Kill a King is directed by Mike Barker and written by Jenny Mayhew. It stars Tim Roth, Dougray Scott, Olivia Williams, James Bolam and Rupert Everett. Music is by Richard G Mitchell and cinematography by Eigil Bryld.
It’s the end of the English Civil War and with King Charles 1st (Everett) held prisoner by the Parliamentarians, Sir Thomas Fairfax (Scott) and Oliver Cromwell (Roth), friends and colleagues, fall out over the best plan of action for the New England.
A severely troubled production and budgetary constraints left To Kill a King with a mountain to climb just to get acknowledged as a historical epic of worth. Add in the dubious take on this part of English history that so irked the historians, and you would be forgiven for thinking that the film is something of a stinker. Not so actually. For although it’s clearly far from flawless, it’s a literary piece of work that chooses character dynamics over blood and thunder. Suffice to say that those searching for a battle strewn epic should look elsewhere, but if you have a bent for observations on key personalities involved in war politics during times of upheaval in a period setting? Then this delivers the goods. Well performed by the principal players as well. 7/10