Release Date
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Original Release
September 24, 1974
2h 36m
King Lear (1974)
⭐ 5.5156 min
Overview
When England's aging King Lear renounces his throne to divide his kingdom among his three daughters, treachery, madness and murder soon follow. After banishing Cordelia, his most loyal daughter, Lear is betrayed and cast out by her elder sisters Regan and Goneril. Meanwhile, evil brews at the Gloucester castle as Edgar falls victim to his brother's deception. As battle lines are drawn and backs are stabbed, Lear rages against a fearsome storm. Can a man undo his wrongs? Will Cordelia be saved? Or will the wheels of fate crush all in its way?
Director
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Tony Davenell
Department: Directing
⭐Popularity: 0.3
Cast
Patrick Magee
King Lear
⭐1.5
Patrick Mower
Edmund
⭐1.2
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Beth Harris
Goneril
⭐0.7
Ann Lynn
Regan
⭐1.2
Wendy Allnutt
Cordelia
⭐0.8
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Philip Brack
Albany
⭐0.5
Ray Smith
Kent
⭐1.1
Robert Coleby
Edgar
⭐0.9
Ronald Radd
Gloucester
⭐1.1
Genres
Drama
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