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Becket
Becket
drama, biography, historycal
1964
United Kingdom, USA
Peter Glenville
148 min.
Richard Burton, Peter O?Tul, John Gilgood
Henry II is surrounded by envious and intriguers. The only person whom the ruler of England completely trusts is Thomas Becket. He is a servant and mentor, military adviser and accomplice of the king`s amorous adventures. To subjugate the powerful enemy - the Catholic Church - Henry seeks the election of Beket by the Archbishop of Canterbury. But a cheerful gulyak, spitting on the laws, suddenly turns into a tough and purposeful politician who thirsts for strengthening the authority of the Church. Former friends turn into the worst enemies, and a total war flare up between them ...