---
title: 'The Madness of King George (1994)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Nicholas Hytner'
released: '1994-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 109
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-madness-of-king-george-1994'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110428/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Madness of King George (1994)

1994 · 109 min · Drama, Comedy, History · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

The Madness of King George is a 1994 British biographical comedy drama film directed by Nicholas Hytner and adapted by Alan Bennett from his own 1991 play The Madness of George III. It tells the true story of George III of Great Britain's deteriorating mental health, and his equally declining relationship with his eldest son, George Prince of Wales, particularly focusing on the period around the Regency Crisis of 1788–89. Two text panels at the end of the film note that the colour of the King's urine suggests that he was suffering from porphyria, adding that the disease is "periodic, unpredictable and hereditary."

## Credits

- **Screenplay:** [Alan Bennett](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-bennett)
- **Director:** [Nicholas Hytner](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicholas-hytner)
- **Original Music Composer:** [George Fenton](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-fenton)
- **Producer:** [David Parfitt](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-parfitt), [Stephen Evans](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephen-evans)
- **Director of Photography:** [Andrew Dunn](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrew-dunn)
- **Editor:** [Tariq Anwar](https://cinepixo.com/people/tariq-anwar)

## Cast

- [Julian Rhind-Tutt](https://cinepixo.com/people/julian-rhind-tutt) as Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany
- [Alan Bennett](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-bennett) as a backbench MP
- [Rupert Everett](https://cinepixo.com/people/rupert-everett) as George IV of the United Kingdom
- [Selina Cadell](https://cinepixo.com/people/selina-cadell) as Mrs. Cordwell
- [Roger Ashton-Griffiths](https://cinepixo.com/people/roger-ashton-griffiths) as un membre du parlement
- [Adrian Scarborough](https://cinepixo.com/people/adrian-scarborough) as Charles Fortnum
- [Cyril Shaps](https://cinepixo.com/people/cyril-shaps) as Sir Lucas Pepys, 1st Baronet
- [Peter Woodthorpe](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-woodthorpe) as le prêtre
- [Amanda Donohoe](https://cinepixo.com/people/amanda-donohoe) as Elizabeth Herbert, Countess of Pembroke and Montgomery
- [Nicholas Selby](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicholas-selby) as Speaker
- [Ian Holm](https://cinepixo.com/people/ian-holm) as Francis Willis
- [Caroline Harker](https://cinepixo.com/people/caroline-harker) as Maria Fitzherbert
- [Charlotte Curley](https://cinepixo.com/people/charlotte-curley) as Amelia
- [John Wood](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-wood) as Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow
- [Janine Duvitski](https://cinepixo.com/people/janine-duvitski) as Margaret Nicholson

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