Movie·2018·1h 55m
King Lear
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
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The Story
An aging King invites disaster, when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects his loving and honest one.
Producer
Colin Callender, Scott Huff
Cinematography
Ben Smithard
Music
Stephen Warbeck
Editor
Dan Farrell
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
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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
Sharon Wattis
1st Maid
// crew
Crew
Richard Eyre
Writer, Director
Colin Callender
Executive Producer
Scott Huff
Executive Producer
Dan Farrell
Editor
Sonia Friedman
Executive Producer
Stephen Warbeck
Original Music Composer
Laura Macara
Executive Producer
Noëlette Buckley
Producer
Lucy Richer
Executive Producer
Ben Smithard
Director of Photography
Fergus Haycock
Executive Producer
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