Overview
An aging King invites disaster when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters and rejects his one loving, but honest one.
Fun facts
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Based on
Based on King Lear
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Music
Music by Gordon Crosse
Details
- Director
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- April 3, 1983
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
Production
Cast
Laurence OlivierKing Lear
John HurtThe Fool
Brian CoxBurgundy
Dorothy TutinGoneril
Anna Calder-MarshallCordelia
Diana RiggRegan
Leo McKernGloucester
David ThrelfallEdgar
Robert LindsayEdmund
Colin BlakelyKent
Jeremy KempCornwall
Robert LangAlbany
Edward PetherbridgeFrance
Geoffrey BatemanOswald- John CordingLear's Knight
Benny YoungCornwall's Servant
Esmond KnightOld Man
Ian RuskinEdmund's Officer- Paul CurranDoctor
- Ronald ForfarFirst Officer
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