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Coriolanus

(1979)

March 31, 1979• 2h 40m
50%
TMDB Score

Overview

A video recording of a New York Shakespeare Festival 1979 stage production of Coriolanus with an all-black and Hispanic cast. Producer Joseph Papp intended to provide professional opportunities for actors of minority ethnic backgrounds. A banished hero of Rome allies with a sworn enemy to take his revenge on the city.

Wilford Leach

Director

Top Billed Cast

FA

Frank Adu

Junius Brutus

GF

Gloria Foster

Volumnia

CP

CCH Pounder

Valeria

EH

Earle Hyman

Cominius

RO

Roscoe Orman

Adrian

MS

Michele Shay

Virgilia

MW

Maurice Woods

Agrippa

KD

Keith David

Aedile / Roman Citizen / Volscian Citizen

CG

Castulo Guerra

Senator / Nicanor / Officer

DW

Denzel Washington

Roman Soldier / Volscian Soldier