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King Lear (1983) | SpawnScore

King Lear

King Lear

Movies / English

King Lear1983

IMDb

7.5/10938 votes

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Metacritic

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TMDB

67%10 votes

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Released: April 3, 1983
Runtime: 2h 38m
Certificate: PG (US)
Language: English
Director: Michael Elliott

Drama
TV Movie

Story

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

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