this silent movie concern the road to the throne in late fourteen century england of scheme and ruthless richard duke of gloucester . i be really interested in the character create by shakespeare and the historical richard both . but try to make a movie base upon a play in 1912 when cinema be silent be quite difficult while so if you haven not read the play and be possible that sometimes you find yourself puzzle about what be go on and although restored title summarize the plot well . mr warde give a creepy feeling to the character and showing at the same time a brutal and fearful man and a possibly the real richard iii be . i recommend this movie to all shakespeare lover and a long time go i watch the movie make by lawrence olivier and like too keep in mind that this movie be do when cinema trick and like edit or crosscut and be yet not in use while so the way of filming be quite simple represent they put the camera and shoot all the scene in a medium shot and there be only a brief shot closer to richard and remind me all the movie the frankenstein make by edison in 1910. so and if you love shakespeare and old movie ( well transfer to dvd ) and taste the feeling of watch a near 100 year old flick and see it . i give it 7 star out of 10 .