Macbeth is a film adaptation of a 1997 tragedy.
Macbeth is a 1948 American historical drama war film adaptation by Orson Welles of William Shakespeare 's tragedy Macbeth , with Welles in the lead role . Macbeth (1971 film) . A film adaptation of William Shakespeare 's tragedy of the same name , it retells the story of the Highland lord who becomes King of Scotland through treachery and murder .