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Edward II full movie is released on Oct 18, 1991. Watch Edward II online - the English Drama movie from United Kingdom , which has achieved a worldwide gross of $706,131. Edward II is directed by Derek Jarman and created by Christopher Marlowe with Steven Waddington and Kevin Collins. Edward II is available online on The Roku Channel and Criterion Channel.
In this Derek Jarman version of Christopher Marlowe's Elizabethan drama, in modern costumes and settings, Plantagenet king Edward II hands the power-craving nobility the perfect excuse by taking as lover besides his diplomatic wife, the French princess Isabel, not an acceptable lady at court but the ambitious Piers Gaveston, who uses his favor in bed even to wield political influence - the stage is set for a palace revolt which sends the gay pair from the throne to a terminal torture dungeon.