The Duchess of Malfi [1972] - Part 1 

Whenever any film starts with Purcell's 'Funeral March of Queen Mary', you know there aren't going to be a bundle of laughs...

Based on the life of Giovanna d'Aragona, Duchess of Amalfi (1478-1510), whose unequal and secret second marriage with her employer Antonio Beccadelli and her tragic end (she was probably strangled by orders of her own brothers) inspired many literary works.

Isn't that the Clockwork Orange intro song as well?? omg as a lit student I'm fangirling because I'm comparing that text with duchess of malfi hahaha what a coincidence

I watched this production on television 50 years ago. Very happy to have had the chance to view it again. Thanks!

Thanks so much for putting this play up! I've been watching it at the same time as reading it while studying for a literature exam & have now seen & read it tons of times. It really helps! Thank you :)

Wow. My 'great great great great........ grandfather' wrote this. :)

Upload the whole play with English subtitles plzzzz...🙏

What an exceptional production this is - remarkably good. Much thanks for putting this up. What a wonderful & benevolent act. A fabulous Elizabethan play acted superbly.

This is an amazing film of The duchess of Malfi. Thank you very much for uploading the whole play! What a life saver for my exam!

going to see this a the new Sam Wanamaker theatre Bankside in feb 2014,this will really help me,thanks

"Women like that part that, like the lamprey, has no bone it...Why lady, I mean the tongue." He put his foot in it there; that's more than a fistful. The tongue is a creative force in the hands of the skilful playwright. Shakespeare was a Will; Webster was a John. Both had long quills to titillate a woman's orifice...why lady, I mean your ears.

The opening dialogue between Antonio and Delio is cut out of this adaptation. Has anyone else noticed any excisions or alterations from the original play?

Thanks very much for uploading this. If, by chance, you have the 1971 version of She Stoops to Conquer, it would be great to see that too. It had a great cast with Tom Courtenay, Juliet Mills, Brian Cox, etc. It was the funiest version of this play I have ever seen. Cheers.

My exam is finished...now u recommend this youtube?

We got a lot of apricots.

Bit of last minute panic revision before my Lit exam. Thankyou for posting this :)

oh my god i cant understand what they r saying its a bit hard for a non native person xd

Thank you so much for uploading!

Yeah, it doesn't follow the play exactly. It skips a lot of stuff.

Writer: Ben Jonson

الله ذكرى حلوة اخذناها هاي المسرحيه بجامعه الموصل كليه الاداب قسم اللغه الانكليزيه سنه 2014 بالمرحله الثانيه .كانت مسرحيه تراجيدي .طلعت بيها دور ثاني

Absolutely brilliant production of an equally brilliant play. Much thanks for sharing this!

Shyana Hello

I am Duchess of Malfi still.

Sure, go ahead! :)

is it me or is Ferdinand wearing a dress, i'm not sure if it's meant to be symbolism or if it was just the fashion back then.

stunning i cribbed a copy from the b bc and thought i had the only copy in the us the new one does not compare

I am watching it for my exam

Lothriel--may I have permission to use screen captures from the Duchess of Malfi from your site in a paper I'm writing on the Duchess of Malfi? I have cited the RU-vid site Lothriel as the source for the screen grabs. Thank you. Dorothy

I just discovered my dad's family, and she's in this as Julia. He watched it and felt a bit awkward with the nudity knowing it was his cousin

@laurissy it's a cloak. But you're right it does look like a dress.

me thinks the cardinal looked familiar. just watched ulysses 1967 version and he was buck mulligan..

THANK YOU Lothriel FOR UPLOADING THE DUCHESS OF MALIFI! finally got to see it!!!!!

Same with when you see this guy at 0:51

you could be the one to bring them back in!

Thank you

which part has tim curry RAOR

Thanks

cannot hear

One thump up from me for your big information