King Lear (1982)

6.5/10 185 min Drama

Overview

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

Cast

Michael Hordern

King Lear

Brenda Blethyn

Cordelia

Penelope Wilton

Regan

John Shrapnel

Earl of Kent

Norman Rodway

Earl of Gloucester

Michael Kitchen

Edmund

John Bird

Duke of Albany

Julian Curry

Duke of Cornwall

David Weston

Duke of Burgundy

Anton Lesser

Edgar

John Grillo

Oswald

Frank Middlemass

Fool

Ken Stott

Curan

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