King Lear
MovieTitle | King Lear |
User score | 4.3 |
Release date | Sep 24, 1974 |
Genre | Drama |
Director | Tony Davenell |
Production country | United Kingdom |
Production companies | Thames Television |
Run time | 156 min. |
When England's aging King Lear renounces his throne to divide his kingdom among his three daughters, treachery, madness and murder soon follow. After banishing Cordelia, his most loyal daughter, Lear is betrayed and cast out by her elder sisters Regan and Goneril. Meanwhile, evil brews at the Gloucester castle as Edgar falls victim to his brother's deception. As battle lines are drawn and backs are stabbed, Lear rages against a fearsome storm. Can a man undo his wrongs? Will Cordelia be saved? Or will the wheels of fate crush all in its way?