King Lear
19752h 0m10.0
Drama
- Runtime
- 2h 0m
- Genre
- Drama
- Origin
- United Kingdom
About
King Lear, old and tired, divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their protestations of love for him. When Cordelia, youngest and most honest, refuses to idly flatter the old man in return for favor, he banishes her and turns for support to his remaining daughters. But Goneril and Regan have no love for him and instead plot to take all his power from him. In a parallel, Lear's loyal courtier Gloucester favors his illegitimate son Edmund after being told lies about his faithful son Edgar. Madness and tragedy befall both ill-starred fathers.
Where to watch
Not available to stream in United States yet.
Details
- Director
- Jonathan Miller
- Status
- Released
- Released
- Mar 23, 1975
- Studio
- BBC
Cast
Michael Hordern
King Lear
Sarah Badel
Goneril
Penelope Wilton
Regan
Angela Down
Cordelia
Frank Middlemass
Fool
Anthony Nicholls
Earl of Gloucester
Michael Jayston
Edmund
Ronald Pickup
Edgar
Ewan Hooper
Earl of Kent
Benjamin Whitrow
Duke of Albany
John Shrapnel
Duke of Cornwall
Donald Gee
Oswald
David Horovitch
Duke of Burgundy
David Neal
King of France
George Merritt
Old Man
Mike Hayward
First Servant
Roger Elliott
Second Servant
Geoffrey Collins
Third Servant
David Kincaid
Gentleman / Attendanton Cordelia
Leslie Glazer
Doctor
If you like this
King Lear
20186.0
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
19727.3
Inside I'm Dancing
20047.4
Gracie
20076.2
Tigertail
20206.7
El Chicano
20196.6
Skin
20096.4
The Kindness of Strangers
20196.4
Brotherly Love
20157.0
That Evening Sun
20096.8
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
20157.5
Lorelei
20206.0
The Girl in the Book
20155.8
Hands of Stone
20166.6
The Nest
20206.1
My Neighbor Adolf
20226.5
Herself
20206.7
Winged Creatures
20095.9
The Color of Friendship
20006.7
All Day and a Night
20206.2
Similar
Othello
2008
West Side Story
20216.9
Othello
19808.0
Othello
1994
Julius Caesar
1994
These Violent Delights
2026
The Tragedy of the Cycle
2025
Hamlet
20097.3
Throne of Blood
19577.9
Romeo + Juliet
19966.8
A Midsummer Night's Dream
19647.0
Hamnet
20257.7
O, Brawling Love!
2023
The Tempest
20105.3
The Merchant of Venice
20046.8
Mountains
Movie
Hamlet
19487.4
King Lear
19706.5
The Bolshoi Ballet: Romeo and Juliet
1989
Othello
19656.4