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The Madness of King George is a British film of genre Drama directed by Nicholas Hytner released in USA on 28 december 1994 with Nigel Hawthorne
The Madness of King George (1994)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 28 december 1994
Length 1h47
Directed by Nicholas Hytner
OriginUnited-kingdom
Themes Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Films about psychiatry, Political films, Films based on plays, Films about royalty
Rating71%
The Madness of King George is a 1994 film directed by Nicholas Hytner and adapted by Alan Bennett from his own play, The Madness of George III. It tells the true story of George III of Great Britain and Ireland's deteriorating mental health, and his equally declining relationship with his eldest son, the Prince of Wales, particularly focusing on the period around the Regency Crisis of 1788–89. Modern medicine has suggested that the King's symptoms were the result of acute intermittent porphyria, although this theory has more recently been vigorously challenged, most notably by a research project based at St George's, University of London, which concluded that George III did actually suffer from mental illness after all. Filming of the movie took place from 11 July to 9 September 1994.
Synopsis
The film depicts the relatively primitive medical practices of the time and the suppositions that physicians made in their efforts to understand the human body. After King George III begins to go mad, his doctors attempt cures such as blistering and purges, led on particularly by the Prince of Wales' personal physician, Dr. Warren. Meanwhile, another of the King's physicians, Dr. Pepys, analyses the King's stool and urine believing that body wastes may contain some clue to the Royal malady; of course, none of these attempts to cure the King actually works. Finally, Lady Pembroke, attendant to the Queen, recommends Dr. Willis, an ex-minister who attempts to cure the insane through behaviour modification, and who begins his restoration of the King's mental state by enforcing a strict regime of strapping the King into a waistcoat and restraining him whenever he misbehaves.Actors
Nigel Hawthorne
(George III)
Helen Mirren
(Queen Charlotte)
Ian Holm
(Willis)
Amanda Donohoe
(Lady Pembroke)
Rupert Graves
(Greville)
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