Film

The Madness of King George

Name: The Madness of King George
Director: Nicholas Hytner
Released: 1994
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Nigel Hawthorne, Helen Mirren, Ian Holm, Rupert Graves, Amanda Donohoe

1994 · 107 min · ★ 6.7 · Dir. Nicholas Hytner

His Majesty was all powerful and all knowing. But he wasn't quite all there.

Aging King George III of England is exhibiting signs of madness, a problem little understood in 1788. As the monarch alternates between bouts of confusion and near-violent outbursts of temper, his hapless doctors attempt the ineffectual cures of the day. Meanwhile, Queen Charlotte and Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger attempt to prevent the king's political enemies, led by the Prince of Wales, from usurping the throne.