King Lear (1982)
Title: King Lear
Original Title: King Lear
Release Date: 1982-09-19
Status: Released
Rating: 6/10 (from 5 votes)
Language: EN
Genres: Drama
Production Companies: Unknown
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.
Cast
Michael Hordern
King Lear
Brenda Blethyn
Cordelia
John Shrapnel
Earl of Kent
Norman Rodway
Earl of Gloucester
Michael Kitchen
Edmund
Gillian Barge
Goneril
Penelope Wilton
Regan
John Bird
Duke of Albany
Julian Curry
Duke of Cornwall
David Weston
Duke of Burgundy
