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