Overview - King Lear

Date of release

Genres

  • Drama

Runtime: 137 minutes

Homepage: King Lear

Budget

Budget data not disclosed

Revenue

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Spoken Languages

  • English

Production companies

  • Name: Royal Shakespeare Company

    Production country United Kingdom

  • Name: Athena Film A/S

    Production country Denmark

  • Name: Laterna Film

    Production country Denmark

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

  • Name: Paul Scofield

    Character: King Lear

    Popularity: 0.6394

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  • Name: Irene Worth

    Character: Goneril

    Popularity: 0.7724

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  • Name: Susan Engel

    Character: Regan

    Popularity: 0.963

  • Name: Anne-Lise Gabold

    Character: Cordelia

    Popularity: 0.4717

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  • Name: Alan Webb

    Character: Gloucester

    Popularity: 0.7055

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  • Name: Ian Hogg

    Character: Edmund

    Popularity: 0.472

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  • Name: Robert Langdon Lloyd

    Character: Edgar

    Popularity: 0.1702

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  • Name: Tom Fleming

    Character: Kent

    Popularity: 0.4987