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King Lear

King Lear

2018•1h 55m•6.1/10
DramaTV Movie

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6.1/10(102)

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

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Production

Playground Entertainment, Sonia Friedman Productions, BBC, Amazon Studios, Lemaise Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Anthony Hopkins

Anthony Hopkins

Lear

Emma Thompson

Emma Thompson

Goneril

Emily Watson

Emily Watson

Regan

Jim Broadbent

Jim Broadbent

Earl of Gloucester

Florence Pugh

Florence Pugh

Cordelia

Jim Carter

Jim Carter

Earl of Kent

Andrew Scott

Andrew Scott

Edgar

John Macmillan

John Macmillan

Edmund

Tobias Menzies

Tobias Menzies

Duke of Cornwall

Anthony Calf

Anthony Calf

Duke of Albany

Karl Johnson

Karl Johnson

Fool

Christopher Eccleston

Christopher Eccleston

Oswald

John Standing

John Standing

Butler

Simon Manyonda

Simon Manyonda

Duke of Burgundy

Chukwudi Iwuji

Chukwudi Iwuji

King of France

Samuel Valentine

Samuel Valentine

Lear's Gentleman

Arinzé Kene

Arinzé Kene

Lieutenant

Sharon Wattis

1st Maid

Kaye Brown

2nd Maid

Raphael Desprez

Raphael Desprez

French Officer

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