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House of Cards Trilogy (House of Cards / To Play the King / The Final Cut) starring Ian Richardson

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This BBC miniseries is a study in political power struggles and the people whose lives fuel them.  Francis Urquhart (played by Ian Richardson) happens to be the prime minister of England but his character gives insight into the motivations and actions of politicians everywhere obsessed with their own rise to power regardless of the cost to the people they simultaneously pretend to be serving.

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One Response to “House of Cards Trilogy (House of Cards / To Play the King / The Final Cut) starring Ian Richardson”

  1. Alex Says:
    April 20th, 2008 at 11:12 am

    Surprisingly sophisticated and a tremendous acting achievement. I think this program should be shown to every generation of high school and college students and then discussed extensively. Event though it deal with many of the things covered in The Prince it puts them in contemporary trappings so that they’re easier to see for what they are.

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