King Lear

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Shakespeare's tragedy, made for British television, is given a full-blooded rendition here with the great Laurence Olivier in the title role and a stellar cast to support him, in the tale of a king torn apart by the ambition and treachery within his family and by his own pride. ~ Mark Hockley, Rovi

Rating:

NR
Genre:

Classics, Drama, Special Interest, Television
Directed By:

Michael Elliott
In Theaters:

Apr 3, 1983 wide
On Disc/Streaming:

Feb 29, 2000
Runtime:

158 minutes

Cast

Laurence Olivier
as King Lear

Anna Calder-Marshall
as Cordelia

Colin Blakely
as Kent

John Cording
as Lear's Knight

Brian Cox
as Burgundy

Paul Curran
as Doctor

John Hurt
as The Fool

Jeremy Kemp
as Cornwall

Esmond Knight
as Old Man

Robert Lang
as Albany

Robert Lindsay
as Edmund

Leo McKern
as Gloucester

Edward Petherbridge
as France

Diana Rigg
as Regan

David Threlfall
as Edgar

Dorothy Tutin
as Goneril

Harry Walker Staff
as Second Officer

Benny Young
as Cornwall's Servant

Geoffrey Bateman
as Oswald

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Esta produção para a tevê americana tem péssima transferência de imagem e se beneficia apenas da tour de force de Olivier. No entanto, é longa e cansativa demais.

Jul 25, 2003 | Rating: 2/5

Pablo Villaça
Cinema em Cena