King Lear
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King Lear, old and tired, divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their protestations of love for him. When Cordelia, youngest and most honest, refuses to idly flatter the old man in return for favor, he banishes her and turns for support to his remaining daughters. But Goneril and Regan have no love for him and instead plot to take all his power from him. In a parallel, Lear's loyal courtier Gloucester favors his illegitimate son Edmund after being told lies about his faithful son Edgar. Madness and tragedy befall both ill-starred fathers.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1975-03-23
Runtime: 120 mins
Director: Jonathan Miller
Spoken language: English
Genres: Drama
Original title: King Lear
Production Companies: BBC
Production Countries: United Kingdom
Cast
Michael Hordern
Sarah Badel
Penelope Wilton
Angela Down
Frank Middlemass
Anthony Nicholls
Michael Jayston
Ronald Pickup
Ewan Hooper
Benjamin Whitrow
John Shrapnel
Donald Gee
David Horovitch
David Neal
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