Title: King Lear (King Lear)
Release Date: 1970-07-10
IMDB ID: tt0067306
Vote Average: 6.3 (19 votes)
Overview: King Lear is a proud man who solicits praise from his three daughters in return for inheritance of the kingdom. Daughters Goneril and Regan profess their affection vehemently. Cordelia, who does not respect the process her father has chosen, does not humor him. Lear's perceived rejection from Cordelia leads to her banishment, thus splitting the kingdom between the other two. This hasty decision becomes his fatal error.
Cast: Paul Scofield (King Lear), Irene Worth (Goneril), Susan Engel (Regan), Anne-Lise Gabold (Cordelia), Alan Webb (Gloucester), Ian Hogg (Edmund),
Crew: Peter Brook (Director), Sam Lomberg (Executive Producer), William Shakespeare (Theatre Play), Michael Birkett (Producer), Henning Kristiansen (Director of Photography), Albert Jurgenson (Editor),