Barry Lyndon is a 1975 historical drama film written, directed, and produced by Stanley Kubrick, based on the 1844 novel The Luck of Barry Lyndon by William Makepeace Thackeray. Narrated by Michael Hordern, and starring Ryan O'Neal, Marisa Berenson, Patrick Magee, Leonard Rossiter, and Hardy Krüger, the film recounts the early exploits and later unravelling of an 18th-century Irish rogue and gold digger who marries a rich widow in order to attempt to climb the social ladder and assume her late husband's aristocratic position.
Barry Lyndon (1975)
Directed by Stanley Kubrick
Genres - Action-Adventure, Drama, History, Romance, War |
Sub-Genres - Historical Film |
Release Date - Dec 18, 1975 |
Run Time - 188 min. |
Countries - United States of America |
MPAA Rating - PG
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$245,878
Themes
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18th Century, Barry, British, British Army, Card Playing, Cult, Debt, Desertion, Drama Film, Duel, Epic, Fencing, Film Based On A Novel, Gambling, Ireland, Nobility, Opportunist, Palace, Pistol Duel, Prussia, Seven Years' War, Wealth
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Filming Location: Oxfordshire
Narrative Location: Berlin, Dublin, England, Kingdom of Ireland
Subject: colonialism, emotional competence, individual and society, liberty, masculinity, opportunism, sexuality, social control, storytelling, violence
Time Period: 18th century
Narrative Location: Berlin, Dublin, England, Kingdom of Ireland
Subject: colonialism, emotional competence, individual and society, liberty, masculinity, opportunism, sexuality, social control, storytelling, violence
Time Period: 18th century
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Բարրի Լինդոն
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بری لیندون
IR
เทพบุตรสามแผ่นดิน
TH
バリー・リンドン
JP
乱世儿女
CN
巴里林登
CN
배리 린든
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