King Lear(Movie, 1971)

Name: King Lear
Genre: Drama
Released: 1971
Duration: T02:17:00
Rating: 3.5

2h 17min | Genre: Drama

Rating: 3.5/5 (with 8 votes)

King Lear is a 1971 British film adaptation of the Shakespeare play directed by Peter Brook and starring Paul Scofield. Filmed in stark black-and-white, the film was inspired by the absurdist theatre of playwrights such as Samuel Beckett and upon release was noted for its bleak tone and wintry atmosphere. ()

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About King Lear

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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Additional Information

Production countries: Denmark, United Kingdom (UK)

Based on: "King Lear" (find it on Amazon)

Made by: Royal Shakespeare Company, Athena Film A/S, Laterna Film

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 9 languages: Danish (DA), English (EN), Persian (FA), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Russian (RU), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 11/22/1971 (World premiere: 02/04/1971)

Appearing Characters: Regan, Cordelia, Edmund, Goneril, Lear

Cast: Paul Scofield, Cyril Cusack, Ian Hogg, Alan Webb, Anne-Lise Gabold, Jack MacGowran, Irene Worth, Tom Fleming, Robert Lloyd, Søren Elung Jensen, Susan Engel, Patrick Magee, Barry Stanton

Director: Peter Brook

Screenwriter: Peter Brook

Film Editor: Albert Jurgenson

Director of Photography: Henning Kristiansen

Color: Black & White (B/W)

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