T S Eliot’s Murder in the Cathedral on Blu-ray and DVD [read more]
Historical interest
This astonishing 1952 adaptation of T S Eliot's classic verse drama recounts the love-hate relationship between twelfth-century British monarch Henry ll and the Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Becket.
Rarely-seen, it is released for the first time on DVD and Blu-ray in a Dual Format Edition by the BFI on 23 November 2015. Presented in a newly remastered version, it will be accompanied by a selection of fascinating extras, including three of Hoellering's richly evocative short films, all made in the years before Murder in the Cathedral.
Featuring a cast of mainly non-professional actors, the voice of Eliot himself, and music by the internationally renowned composer Làszló Lajtha, Hoellering's exquisitely realised film tells the story of Becket's temptations before his murder in Canterbury Cathedral in 1170.
