King Lear
2008-08-06 (US) • Drama, TV Movie • 150minutes
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.
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Ian McKellen

King Lear

Romola Garai

Cordelia

Monica Dolan

Regan

Sylvester McCoy

The Fool

Philip Winchester

Edmund

Peter Hinton

Duke of Burgundy

Jonathan Hyde

Earl of Kent

Frances Barber

Goneril

William Gaunt

Earl of Gloucester

Julian Harries

Duke of Albany

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