King Lear (1970)
- Released
- Runtime 2h 17m
- Director Peter Brook
- Genres Drama
- Rating 6.5/10 (21 votes)
Synopsis
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
as King Lear
-
Irene Worth
as Goneril
- Susan Engel as Regan
-
Anne-Lise Gabold
as Cordelia
-
Alan Webb
as Gloucester
-
Ian Hogg
as Edmund
-
Robert Langdon Lloyd
as Edgar
- Tom Fleming as Kent
-
Jack MacGowran
as Fool
-
Cyril Cusack
as Albany
-
Patrick Magee
as Cornwall
-
Barry Stanton
as Oswald
Crew
-
Peter Brook
Director
- Henning Kristiansen Director of Photography
- Albert Jurgenson Editor
- Kasper Schyberg Editor
- Sam Lomberg Producer
- Michael Birkett Producer
- Mogens Skot-Hansen Producer
-
Peter Brook
Writer
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