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Barry Lyndon streaming

1975 Movie United Kingdom, United States War, Adventure, Drama, History 176 min Ages 15+
By: Stanley Kubrick With: Murray Melvin, Leonard Rossiter, George Sewell, Patrick Dawson, Pat Laffan

In the eighteenth century, in a small village in Ireland, Redmond Barry (Ryan O'Neal) is a young farm boy in love with his cousin Nora Brady (Gay Hamilton). When Nora gets engaged to British Captain John Quin (Leonard Rossiter), Barry challenges him to a duel of pistols. He wins and escapes to Dublin, but is robbed on the road. Without an alternative, Barry joins the British Army to fight in the Seven Years War. He deserts and is forced to join the Prussian Army, where he saves the life of his Captain and becomes his protégé and spy of Irish gambler Chevalier de Balibari (Patrick Magee). He helps Chevalier and becomes his associate until he decides to marry the wealthy Lady Lyndon (Marisa Berenson). They move to England and Barry, in his obsession of nobility, dissipates her fortune and makes a dangerous and revengeful enemy.

Filmium rating
91%

Mood

Dramatic
Melancholic
Romantic

Cast & Crew

Stanley Kubrick
William Makepeace Thackeray
Godfrey Quigley
Diana Körner
Barry Jackson
Patrick Dawson
Pat Roach
Steven Berkoff
David Morley
John Sullivan
André Morell
Anthony Dawes
Frederick Schiller
Leonard Rossiter
Liam Redmond
Katharina Kubrick
Gay Hamilton
Pat Laffan
Patrick Magee
George Holdcroft
Ryan O'Neal
Mark Baxter
Michael Hordern
Philip Stone
Ferdy Mayne
John Bindon
Gary Taylor
Hans Meyer
Arthur O'Sullivan
John Sharp
Marie Kean
George Sewell
Marisa Berenson
Anthony Herrick
Frank Middlemass
Peter Cellier
Murray Melvin
Geoffrey Chater
Roy Spencer
Anthony Lang
Bernard Hepton
Vivian Kubrick
Hardy Krüger
Jonathan Cecil
Roger Booth
Norman Gay
Harry Towb
Billy Boyle
Anthony Sharp
Wolf Kahler
Leon Vitali

Adaptation

Based On A Historical Novel

Budget

High-Budget

Cinematic Technique

Artistic Cinematography
Period-Accurate Costumes
Visual Storytelling

Film Movements

Art-House
Kubrick Style

Narrative Structure

Character-Driven
Linear

Pace

Epic
Slow-Paced

Runtime

Long Runtime

Soundtrack

Classical Score
Period-Appropriate Music

Style

Cinematic
Period-Piece
Stylized

Time-Period

18Th Century
Georgian Era

Central Conflict

Class Conflict
Romantic Rivalry
Social Ascent

Characters

Aristocrat
Irish Rogue
Noblewoman

Ending

Ambiguous
Bittersweet
Tragic

Historical Context

18Th-Century Europe
Georgian Society

Key Plot Points

Espionage
Military Service
Social Climbing

Plot

18Th-Century Aristocracy
Espionage
Social Mobility

Setting

18Th-Century England
European Aristocracy

Shooting Location

England
Europe

Theme

Ambition
Deception
Social Mobility

Genre

Historical Drama
Period-Piece

Audiences

Adults
Drama Lovers
History Enthusiasts

Titles

Barry Lyndon

Production Countries

United Kingdom

Release Year

1975
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