Civilisation
1969, Series, Documentary, History, Music, English, United Kingdom, MoviePedia score 72
Sir Kenneth Clark guides us through the ages exploring the glorious rise of civilisation in western man. Beginning with the bleakness of the dark ages to the present day, we consider civilisation's articulations and expressions in some of man's finest works of art.
Directed by Michael Gill, Peter Montagnon, Ann Turner
Cast
- Kenneth Clark as Self
- Ian Richardson as Hamlet
- Ronald Lacey as Gravedigger
- Patrick Stewart as Horatio
- William Devlin as King Lear
- Eric Porter as Macbeth
- Cecil Day-Lewis as Poetry reader
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