The_Lion_in_Winter_(2003_film)
The Lion in Winter (2003 film)
2003 American television film by Andrei Konchalovsky
The Lion in Winter is a 2003 made-for-television based of the 1966 play of the same name, which was previously adapted for the 1968 film.[1][2] It starred Patrick Stewart and Glenn Close,[3] and was directed by Andrei Konchalovsky.
The film was first shown on December 26, 2003, in the UK and premiered on U.S. television on May 26, 2004. It was filmed on location at Spiš Castle in eastern Slovakia,[4] interiors were filmed in Budapest, Hungary.[5]
Andrew Howard, John Light, and Rafe Spall played the warring brothers. Jonathan Rhys Meyers played the king of France and Julia Vysotskaya, his sister and Henry's mistress, Princess Alais.[1][3]