The Madness of King George - Drama
Director: Nicholas Hytner
Year: 1994
Country: UK
Duration: 107 mins
Rating: PG
Cast: Nigel Hawthorne, Helen Mirren and Ian Holm
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This film adapted from a play tells the true story of the real episode of dementia experienced by King George III [now suspected a victim of porphyria, a blood disorder]. As he loses his senses and become mentally ill, he becomes both more alive and more politically marginalized; neither effect desirable to his lieutenants, who manipulate the rules to avoid a challenge to regal authority, raising the question of who is really in charge.