Film
King Lear
1970 · 2h 17m · Drama
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- 7.2
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 67%
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Overview
King Lear is a proud man who solicits praise from his three daughters in return for inheritance of the kingdom. Daughters Goneril and Regan profess their affection vehemently. Cordelia, who does not respect the process her father has chosen, does not humor him. Lear's perceived rejection from Cordelia leads to her banishment, thus splitting the kingdom between the other two. This hasty decision becomes his fatal error.
Cast
Paul Scofield
King Lear
Irene Worth
Goneril
Susan Engel
Regan
Anne-Lise Gabold
Cordelia
Alan Webb
Gloucester
Ian Hogg
Edmund
Robert Langdon Lloyd
Edgar
Tom Fleming
Kent
Jack MacGowran
Fool
Cyril Cusack
Albany
Patrick Magee
Cornwall
Barry Stanton
Oswald
Crew
- Peter BrookDirector · Writer
- Sam LombergExecutive Producer · Producer
- Michael BirkettProducer
- Mogens Skot-HansenProducer
- Henning KristiansenDirector of Photography
- Kasper SchybergEditor
- Albert JurgensonEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- July 10, 1970
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 2h 17m
- Rated
- PG-13
- Genres
- Drama
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