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King Lear

Apr 3, 1983 · 2h 38m
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Drama
TV Movie

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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.

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CAST

Laurence Olivier
King Lear
John Hurt
The Fool
Brian Cox
Burgundy
Dorothy Tutin
Goneril
Anna Calder-Marshall
Cordelia
Diana Rigg
Regan
Leo McKern
Gloucester
David Threlfall
Edgar
Directed by Michael Elliott

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Granada Television
Country
GB

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