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Watch King Lear (1983) Official Trailer
6.7 / 10 IMDb April 3, 1983 2h 38m
An aging King invites disaster when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters and rejects his one loving, but honest one.
Director
Runtime
2h 38m
Release Date
April 3, 1983
Genre
Drama, TV Movie
Status
Released
Languages
English
Country
United Kingdom
Cast
Laurence Olivier
as King Lear
John Hurt
as The Fool
Brian Cox
as Burgundy
Dorothy Tutin
as Goneril
Anna Calder-Marshall
as Cordelia
Diana Rigg
as Regan
Leo McKern
as Gloucester
David Threlfall
as Edgar
Robert Lindsay
as Edmund
Colin Blakely
as Kent
Jeremy Kemp
as Cornwall
Robert Lang
as Albany
Edward Petherbridge
as France
Geoffrey Bateman
as Oswald
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John Cording
as Lear's Knight
Benny Young
as Cornwall's Servant
Esmond Knight
as Old Man
Ian Ruskin
as Edmund's Officer
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Paul Curran
as Doctor
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Ronald Forfar
as First Officer
Production Companies
Granada TelevisionAdvertisement
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