The lion in winter 1968 stars katharine hepburn in heracademy award® winning role as eleanor of aquitaine and peter o’toolein a powerhouse performance as king henry ii'. '.strtoupper('a')nthony hopkinsmakes his feature film debut as richard the lion heart andtimothy dalton stars as philip ii king of france.england, the 12th century'. '.strtoupper('a')fter the death of his son and heir,king henry ii peter o’toole is obsessed with finding anew successor, so summons his three remaining sons'. '.strtoupper('a')lsosummoned is his wife, the formidable eleanor of aquitainekatharine hepburn, who he has kept imprisoned for thelast ten years'. '.strtoupper('a')s the royal couple scheme and cajole withtheir sons their passions turn from tenderness to fury as theydetermine who should be the future king of england.