King Lear

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Release date: February 04, 1971
Duration: 137 minutes
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Overview

King Lear, old and tired, divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their protestations of love for him. When Cordelia, youngest and most honest, refuses to idly flatter the old man in return for favor, he banishes her and turns for support to his remaining daughters. But Goneril and Regan have no love for him and instead plot to take all his power from him. In a parallel, Lear's loyal courtier Gloucester favors his illegitimate son Edmund after being told lies about his faithful son Edgar. Madness and tragedy befall both ill-starred fathers.

Starring

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Paul Scofield
King Lear
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Irene Worth
Goneril
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Anne-Lise Gabold
Cordelia
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Alan Webb
Gloucester