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
Cast
Anthony Hopkins
as Lear
Emma Thompson
as Goneril
Emily Watson
as Regan
Jim Broadbent
as Earl of Gloucester
Florence Pugh
as Cordelia
Jim Carter
as Earl of Kent
Andrew Scott
as Edgar
John Macmillan
as Edmund
Tobias Menzies
as Duke of Cornwall
Anthony Calf
as Duke of Albany
Karl Johnson
as Fool
Christopher Eccleston
as Oswald
John Standing
as Butler
Simon Manyonda
as Duke of Burgundy
Chukwudi Iwuji
as King of France
Samuel Valentine
as Lear's Gentleman
Arinzé Kene
as Lieutenant
Raphael Desprez
as French Officer
Peter Forbes
as Doctor
Sam Redford
as Young Captain
Paul Tinto
as Soldier
Eric Kofi Abrefa
as Officer (Dover Castle)
Yassine Mkhichen
as Refugee
Karma Sood
as Refugee Boy
Shawn Dixon
as Knight #1 (uncredited)
Crew
Richard Eyre
Writer
Richard Eyre
Director
Noëlette Buckley
Producer
Colin Callender
Executive Producer
William Shakespeare
Theatre Play
Charlotte Dirickx
Set Decoration
Ben Smithard
Director of Photography
Nina Gold
Casting Director
Matt Curtis
Title Designer
Stephen Warbeck
Original Music Composer
Peter Burgis
Foley Artist
Martin Ware
Casting Associate
Arron Monkman
Second Assistant "A" Camera