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The Ruling Class is a 1972 British black comedy film. It is an adaptation of Peter Barnes' satirical 1968 stage play The Ruling Class, which tells the story of a paranoid schizophrenic British nobleman (played by Peter O'Toole) who inherits a peerage.
The Ruling Class (conocida en países hispanohablantes como La clase dirigente) es una película de comedia-satírica británica de 1972, dirigida por Peter Medak, producida por Jules Buck y protagonizada por Peter O'Toole. Se basa en las locuras que comete un hombre paranoico esquizofrénico.
Año: 1972. Título original: The Ruling Class. Sinopsis: Cuando un miembro de la Cámara de los Lores deja su patrimonio a su hijo Jack, un joven desequilibrado que se cree Jesucristo, los otros miembros de la familia intentarán arrebatarle la herencia.
15 de sept. de 1972 · The Ruling Class: Directed by Peter Medak. With Hugh Owens, Harry Andrews, Arthur Lowe, William Mervyn. A member of the House of Lords dies, leaving his estate to his son.
In either version, "The Ruling Class" is a peculiar movie that falls into two parts. The first hour or so is devoted to a peckish examination of British peculiarities. The rest of the film is a grim descent into madness, mayhem and, I fear, symbolism.
Peter O’Toole gives a tour-de-force performance as Jack, a man “cured” of believing he’s God—only to become Jack the Ripper incarnate. Based on Peter Barnes's irreverent play, this darkly comic indictment of Britain’s class system peers behind the closed doors of English aristocracy.
The Ruling Class is a raucous and stinging satire, an indictment of Britain's aristocracy, filled with outrageous set pieces, irreverent song and dance numbers, and...
