PG
1983    2h 38mDrama, TV-film
7.562%6.7
Aging King Lear invites disaster when he abdicates to his two disloyal and obsequious daughters while rejecting the one who truly loves him.
Directed by Michael Elliott

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  • Laurence OlivierKing Lear
  • John HurtThe Fool
  • Brian CoxBurgundy
  • Dorothy TutinGoneril
  • Anna Calder-MarshallCordelia
  • Diana RiggRegan
  • Leo McKernGloucester
  • David ThrelfallEdgar
  • Robert LindsayEdmund
  • Colin BlakelyKent
  • Jeremy KempCornwall
  • Robert LangAlbany
  • Edward PetherbridgeFrance
  • Geoffrey BatemanOswald
  • John CordingLear's Knight
  • Benny YoungCornwall's Servant
  • Esmond KnightOld Man
  • Ian RuskinEdmund's Officer
  • Paul CurranDoctor
  • Ronald ForfarFirst Officer

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