Overview
An aging King invites disaster, when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects his loving and honest one.
Fun facts
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Based on
Based on King Lear
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Music
Music by Stephen Warbeck
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Ben Smithard
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Richard EyreWriter
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- May 28, 2018
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
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Cast
Anthony HopkinsLear
Emma ThompsonGoneril
Emily WatsonRegan
Jim BroadbentEarl of Gloucester
Florence PughCordelia
Jim CarterEarl of Kent
Andrew ScottEdgar
John MacmillanEdmund
Tobias MenziesDuke of Cornwall
Anthony CalfDuke of Albany
Karl JohnsonFool
Christopher EcclestonOswald
John StandingButler
Simon ManyondaDuke of Burgundy
Chukwudi IwujiKing of France
Samuel ValentineLear's Gentleman
Arinzé KeneLieutenant- Sharon Wattis1st Maid
- Kaye Brown2nd Maid
Raphael DesprezFrench Officer
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