King Lear

Film

King Lear

6.519702h 17m7Drama
Denmark · United Kingdom
Age rating
7
Director
Peter Brook
Year
1970

King Lear is a proud man who solicits praise from his three daughters in return for inheritance of the kingdom. Daughters Goneril and Regan profess their affection vehemently. Cordelia, who does not respect the process her father has chosen, does not humor him. Lear's perceived rejection from Cordelia leads to her banishment, thus splitting the kingdom between the other two. This hasty decision becomes his fatal error.

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Directed by

Peter Brook

Written by

Peter Brook

Produced by

Sam Lomberg, Michael Birkett, Mogens Skot-Hansen