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King Lear

King Lear

1998•2h 30m•8.0/10
DramaTV Movie

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8.0/10(1)

An aging King invites disaster, when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects his loving and honest one.

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EN

Status

Released

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Cast

Ian Holm

Ian Holm

King Lear

Amanda Redman

Amanda Redman

Regan

Barbara Flynn

Barbara Flynn

Goneril

Victoria Hamilton

Victoria Hamilton

Cordelia

Timothy West

Timothy West

Gloucester

Paul Rhys

Paul Rhys

Edgar

Finbar Lynch

Finbar Lynch

Edmund

David Burke

David Burke

Kent

Michael Bryant

Michael Bryant

Fool

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