1970
6.6 (18 votes)
2h 17m
Genres
Drama
Production Companies
Royal Shakespeare Company
Athena Film A/S
Laterna Film
Athena Film A/S
Laterna Film
King Lear
Overview
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.
Key Crew
Director: Peter Brook
Writer: Peter Brook
Producer: Michael Birkett, Mogens Skot-Hansen, Sam Lomberg
Director of Photography: Henning Kristiansen
Top Cast
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