King Lear

King Lear

Release: 1983 | Community Score: 65%

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

Cast

Laurence Olivier

Laurence Olivier

King Lear
John Hurt

John Hurt

The Fool
Brian Cox

Brian Cox

Burgundy
Dorothy Tutin

Dorothy Tutin

Goneril
Anna Calder-Marshall

Anna Calder-Marshall

Cordelia
Diana Rigg

Diana Rigg

Regan
Leo McKern

Leo McKern

Gloucester
David Threlfall

David Threlfall

Edgar
Robert Lindsay

Robert Lindsay

Edmund
Colin Blakely

Colin Blakely

Kent
Jeremy Kemp

Jeremy Kemp

Cornwall
Robert Lang

Robert Lang

Albany
Edward Petherbridge

Edward Petherbridge

France
Geoffrey Bateman

Geoffrey Bateman

Oswald
John Cording

John Cording

Lear's Knight
Benny Young

Benny Young

Cornwall's Servant
Esmond Knight

Esmond Knight

Old Man
Ian Ruskin

Ian Ruskin

Edmund's Officer
Paul Curran

Paul Curran

Doctor
Ronald Forfar

Ronald Forfar

First Officer
Harry Walker

Harry Walker

Second Officer