Movie: King Lear

Top 9 Billed Cast

Ian Holm
Ian Holm

King Lear

Amanda Redman
Amanda Redman

Regan

Barbara Flynn
Barbara Flynn

Goneril

Victoria Hamilton
Victoria Hamilton

Cordelia

Timothy West
Timothy West

Gloucester

Paul Rhys
Paul Rhys

Edgar

Finbar Lynch
Finbar Lynch

Edmund

David Burke
David Burke

Kent

Michael Bryant
Michael Bryant

Fool

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

  • Release Date

    1998-03-21

  • Average

    8.5

  • Rating:

    4.3 starts
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  • Languages:

    English
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