Riccardo III
1981, Italian. Directed by Carmelo Bene.
Riccardo III is a theatre play staged in 1977 and also edited for television and aired in 1981, which Carmelo Bene dedicated to his friend Gilles Deleuze, who wrote a book about it before even seeing it. Bene strips down the original Shakespeare play to the core, rejecting plot and characters, leaving on stage only Riccardo III and his ghosts, the female characters. The TV version is characterized by an exstensive use of close-ups and strong light contrast.
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- 1h 16m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- Italian
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- 7 December 1981
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Riccardo III runs 76 minutes (1h 16m).
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Riccardo III isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 7 December 1981. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
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Who directed Riccardo III?
Riccardo III (1981) was directed by Carmelo Bene and stars Carmelo Bene, Lydia Mancinelli, Maria Grazia Grassini.