King Lear

Name: King Lear
Genre: Drama, TV Movie
Released: 2008-08-06
Duration: 150 min
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Ian McKellen, Monica Dolan, Peter Hinton, Jonathan Hyde, Frances Barber

Release: 2008-08-06 ·Runtime: 150m ·★ 6.7

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

Richard Price TV Associates Ltd.

Cast

Ian McKellen as King Lear

Romola Garai as Cordelia

Monica Dolan as Regan

Sylvester McCoy as The Fool

Philip Winchester as Edmund

Jonathan Hyde as Earl of Kent

Frances Barber as Goneril

William Gaunt as Earl of Gloucester

Julian Harries as Duke of Albany

John Heffernan as Oswald

Crew

Trevor Nunn Director

William Shakespeare Author