1975 · Cedric Messina · 115 min
Shaw's comedy of ideologies looks forty years to the future at the impossibility of government as the British cabinet and monarchy face a day of "crisis" for the country. King Magnus is happy to engage a prime minister seeking to transform the nation into a constitutional monarchy, but who truly rules in this democracy: the king, the government or the businessmen? And do any of them care about the people?
Helen Mirren
Nigel DavenportKing Magnus
Prunella ScalesQueen Jemima
Beryl ReidAmandaJoyce GrantLysistrata
Bill FraserBoanerges
Peter BarkworthPrime Minister
Griffith JonesForeign Secretary
Trevor BaxterColonial SecretaryReg PritchardChancellor of the Exchequer
Thorley WaltersHome SecretarySimon LackPamphiliusJames LeithSamproniusBernard TaylorAmerican AmbassadorDeborah MakepeacePrincess Royal