'' Macbeth '' is a 1982 Hungarian television film directed by Béla Tarr . György Cserhalmi plays Macbeth while Erzsébet Kútvölgyi plays Lady Macbeth . The film is composed of only two shots : The first shot ( before the main title ) is five minutes long , the second 57 minutes long . It is considered to be a watershed in the filmmaker 's artistic development . The film was among the examples of the director 's work screened at the Museum of Modern Art during a retrospective in October 2001 . The film has been screened during a retrospective held in honor of director Béla Tarr at the 33rd Moscow International Film Festival
33rd Moscow International Film Festival
33rd Moscow International Film Festival
Macbeth (1982 film)