Barry Lyndon
1975
Sight and Sound 2022: Critics' Poll — No. 45Sight and Sound 2022: Directors' Poll — No. 12Stanley Kubrick
- Director:
- Stanley Kubrick
- Studio:
- Hawk Films, Peregrine Productions
- Starring:
- Ryan O'Neal, Marisa Berenson, Patrick Magee, Hardy Kruger, Diana Körner
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In 18th-century Ireland, Redmond Barry flees home after a duel and becomes a soldier, deserter and gambler. Through cunning he marries the wealthy Countess of Lyndon and takes her name, but his social climbing and his feud with her son lead to his downfall.