King Lear

King Lear

1983
2h 38m
6.5

6.5/10

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Overview

An aging King invites disaster when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters and rejects his one loving, but honest one.

Status: Released

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Granada Television
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Spoken Languages
English

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Quick Facts

Release Date April 3, 1983
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0087561

Cast

Laurence Olivier
Laurence Olivier

King Lear

John Hurt
John Hurt

The Fool

Brian Cox
Brian Cox

Burgundy

Dorothy Tutin
Dorothy Tutin

Goneril

Anna Calder-Marshall
Anna Calder-Marshall

Cordelia

Diana Rigg
Diana Rigg

Regan

Leo McKern
Leo McKern

Gloucester

David Threlfall
David Threlfall

Edgar

Robert Lindsay
Robert Lindsay

Edmund

Colin Blakely
Colin Blakely

Kent

Jeremy Kemp
Jeremy Kemp

Cornwall

Robert Lang
Robert Lang

Albany

Key Crew

Michael Elliott
Director