King Lear

King Lear

King Lear

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King Lear

1983

2h 38m

6.5(9 votes)

Drama

TV Movie

Overview

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

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Production Companies

Granada Television

Cast & Crew

21 members

Acting

Laurence Olivier

King Lear

Laurence Olivier

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John Hurt

The Fool

John Hurt

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Brian Cox

Burgundy

Brian Cox

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Dorothy Tutin

Goneril

Dorothy Tutin

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Anna Calder-Marshall

Cordelia

Anna Calder-Marshall

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Diana Rigg

Regan

Diana Rigg

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Leo McKern

Gloucester

Leo McKern

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David Threlfall

Edgar

David Threlfall

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Robert Lindsay

Edmund

Robert Lindsay

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Colin Blakely

Kent

Colin Blakely

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Jeremy Kemp

Cornwall

Jeremy Kemp

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Robert Lang

Albany

Robert Lang

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Edward Petherbridge

France

Edward Petherbridge

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Geoffrey Bateman

Oswald

Geoffrey Bateman

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John Cording

Lear's Knight

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Benny Young

Cornwall's Servant

Benny Young

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Esmond Knight

Old Man

Esmond Knight

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Ian Ruskin

Edmund's Officer

Ian Ruskin

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Paul Curran

Doctor

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Ronald Forfar

First Officer

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Harry Walker

Second Officer

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