King Lear

Name: King Lear
Genre: Drama
Released: 1970-07-10
Duration: 2 h 17 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Paul Scofield, Irene Worth, Susan Engel, Anne-Lise Gabold, Alan Webb

King Lear (1970)

Timing: 2:17 (137 min)

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Release date

1970-07-10

Country

Denmark, United Kingdom

Production

Royal Shakespeare Company, Athena Film A/S, Laterna Film

Genre

Drama

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Director

Peter Brook

Actors

Paul Scofield, Irene Worth, Susan Engel, Anne-Lise Gabold, Alan Webb, Ian Hogg, Robert Langdon Lloyd, Tom Fleming, Jack MacGowran, Cyril Cusack
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Scenario

Peter Brook

Producer

Michael Birkett, Sam Lomberg, Mogens Skot-Hansen, Sam Lomberg

Camera operator

Henning Kristiansen

Composer

Artist

Georges Wakhévitch

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Editing

Albert Jurgenson, Kasper Schyberg
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Short description

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.