A Scottish general's ambition is ignited by a prophecy, leading him to commit regicide and descend into paranoid tyranny before his prophesied downfall.
Scotland, 11th century. Driven by the twisted prophecy of three witches and the ruthless ambition of his wife, warlord Macbeth, bold and brave, but also weak and hesitant, betrays his good king and his brothers in arms and sinks into the bloody mud of a path with no return, sown with crime and suspicion.
Roman Polanski
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