King Lear — Watchpile | Watchpile

Sign in Join free

King Lear

King Lear

Sign in to track

King Lear

1983· 2h 38m

DramaTV Movie

Directed by Michael Elliott

6.7/ 10

Reviews

Overview

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

Other films by Michael Elliott

Stage 2

1971

The Year of the Sex Olympics

The Year of the Sex Olympics

1968

Cocktailparty

1967

The Glass Menagerie

The Glass Menagerie

1966

CBS Playhouse

Viewers Also Enjoyed

The Man Who Would Be King

The Man Who Would Be King

1975

King

King

2024

Whom the Gods Wish to Destroy

Whom the Gods Wish to Destroy

1966

Whom the Gods Wish to Destroy 2

Whom the Gods Wish to Destroy 2

1967

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

1966

BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

1965

The Crunch

The Crunch

1964

Theatre 625

Theatre 625

1964

As You Like It

1963

The Cherry Orchard

The Cherry Orchard

1962

Drama 61-67

1961

Brand

1959

Tower of London

Tower of London

1939

A King in New York

A King in New York

1957

Mad Love

Mad Love

2001

Fire and Ice: The Dragon Chronicles

Fire and Ice: The Dragon Chronicles

2008

The Lion in Winter

The Lion in Winter

1968

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword

2017

A Fork, a Spoon & a Knight

A Fork, a Spoon & a Knight

2015

The Lion King

The Lion King

1994