Movie: King Lear

Top 10 Billed Cast

Laurence Olivier
Laurence Olivier

King Lear

John Hurt
John Hurt

The Fool

Brian Cox
Brian Cox

Burgundy

Dorothy Tutin
Dorothy Tutin

Goneril

Anna Calder-Marshall
Anna Calder-Marshall

Cordelia

Diana Rigg
Diana Rigg

Regan

Leo McKern
Leo McKern

Gloucester

David Threlfall
David Threlfall

Edgar

Robert Lindsay
Robert Lindsay

Edmund

Colin Blakely
Colin Blakely

Kent

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    An aging King invites disaster when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters and rejects his one loving, but honest one.

  • Release Date

    1983-04-03

  • Average

    6.5

  • Rating:

    3.3 starts
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    English
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