Film 2018 115 min

King Lear

TMDB Rating ★ 6.1

Votes 104

Director Richard Eyre

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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.

Anthony Hopkins

Anthony Hopkins

Lear

Emma Thompson

Emma Thompson

Goneril

Emily Watson

Emily Watson

Regan

Jim Broadbent

Jim Broadbent

Earl of Gloucester

Florence Pugh

Florence Pugh

Cordelia

Jim Carter

Jim Carter

Earl of Kent

Andrew Scott

Andrew Scott

Edgar

John Macmillan

John Macmillan

Edmund

Tobias Menzies

Tobias Menzies

Duke of Cornwall

Anthony Calf

Anthony Calf

Duke of Albany

Karl Johnson

Karl Johnson

Fool

Christopher Eccleston

Christopher Eccleston

Oswald

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