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King Lear

28 May 2018 1h 55min 6.0/10 (112) EN

Drama TV Movie

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

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Director: Richard Eyre
Writer: Richard Eyre
Music: Stephen Warbeck
Cinematography: Ben Smithard
Editing: Dan Farrell
Producer: Noëlette Buckley
Countries: United Kingdom

Cast

Anthony Hopkins Lear

Emma Thompson Goneril

Emily Watson Regan

Jim Broadbent Earl of Gloucester

Florence Pugh Cordelia

Jim Carter Earl of Kent

Andrew Scott Edgar

John Macmillan Edmund

Tobias Menzies Duke of Cornwall

Anthony Calf Duke of Albany

Karl Johnson Fool

Christopher Eccleston Oswald

John Standing Butler

Simon Manyonda Duke of Burgundy

Chukwudi Iwuji King of France

Samuel Valentine Lear's Gentleman

Arinzé Kene Lieutenant

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Sharon Wattis 1st Maid

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Kaye Brown 2nd Maid

Raphael Desprez French Officer

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