King Lear
1971, Film, 137 min, Drama, English, United Kingdom, MoviePedia score 65
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.
Directed by Peter Brook
Cast
- Paul Scofield as King Lear
- Irene Worth as Goneril
- Cyril Cusack as Albany
- Susan Engel as Regan
- Tom Fleming as Kent
- Anne-Lise Gabold as Cordelia
- Ian Hogg as Edmund
- Robert Langdon Lloyd as Edgar
- Jack MacGowran as Fool
- Patrick Magee as Cornwall
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