Film

King Lear 1975

120 min TMDB 10.0 Drama

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.

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Cast

  • Michael Hordern as King Lear
  • Sarah Badel as Goneril
  • Penelope Wilton as Regan
  • Angela Down as Cordelia
  • Frank Middlemass as Fool
  • Anthony Nicholls as Earl of Gloucester

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