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Released
1968 · FILM

The Lion in Winter

A cunning king battles his estranged queen and scheming children during a tense Christmas gathering as he fights to crown an heir and keep his empire from collapsing.

What family doesn't have its ups and downs?

Directed by
Rated
MPA · PG
Runtime
134 min
BiographyDramaHistory

Synopsis

Henry II and his estranged queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine, are in conflict over the selection of an heir.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 17

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by John BloomShot by Douglas SlocombeScored by John Barry

Also known as

  • Der Löwe im Winterde
  • El león en inviernoes
  • Le Lion en hiverfr
  • Il leone d'invernoit

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