King Lear
King Lear
Release: 2018-05-28
·Runtime: 115m
·★ 6.1
Drama
TV Movie
An aging King invites disaster, when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects his loving and honest one.
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Production Companies
Playground Entertainment
Sonia Friedman Productions
BBC
Amazon Studios
Lemaise Pictures
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Samuel Valentine
as Lear's Gentleman
Christopher Eccleston
as Oswald
Raphael Desprez
as French Officer
Anthony Hopkins
as Lear
John Macmillan
as Edmund
John Standing
as Butler
Arinzé Kene
as Lieutenant
Karma Sood
as Refugee Boy
Andrew Scott
as Edgar
Karl Johnson
as Fool
Simon Manyonda
as Duke of Burgundy
Yassine Mkhichen
as Refugee
Emma Thompson
as Goneril
Chukwudi Iwuji
as King of France
Paul Tinto
as Soldier
Eric Kofi Abrefa
as Officer (Dover Castle)
Florence Pugh
as Cordelia
Anthony Calf
as Duke of Albany
Sam Redford
as Young Captain
Jim Broadbent
as Earl of Gloucester
Tobias Menzies
as Duke of Cornwall
Shawn Dixon
as Knight #1 (uncredited)
Emily Watson
as Regan
Peter Forbes
as Doctor
Jim Carter
as Earl of Kent
Crew
Arron Monkman
Second Assistant "A" Camera
Noëlette Buckley
Producer
William Shakespeare
Theatre Play
Martin Ware
Casting Associate
Richard Eyre
Writer, Director
Stephen Warbeck
Original Music Composer
Colin Callender
Executive Producer
Nina Gold
Casting Director
Charlotte Dirickx
Set Decoration
Matt Curtis
Title Designer
Ben Smithard
Director of Photography
Peter Burgis
Foley Artist