The read
It runs long at 2h 38m.
Synopsis
An aging King invites disaster when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters and rejects his one loving, but honest one.
Ratings
IMDb7.6/10
10 audience votes
Key crew
- Michael ElliottDirector
- Gordon CrosseOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Laurence OlivierKing Lear
- John HurtThe Fool
- Brian CoxBurgundy
- Dorothy TutinGoneril
- Anna Calder-MarshallCordelia
- Diana RiggRegan
- Leo McKernGloucester
- David ThrelfallEdgar
- Robert LindsayEdmund
- Colin BlakelyKent
- Jeremy KempCornwall
- Robert LangAlbany
Stills
Themes
king