King Lear (1971)

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137 min - Drama - 4 February 1971 (Denmark)

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The Shakespeare tragedy that gave us the expression "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child." King Lear has not one but two ungrateful children... See full summary »

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Cast

Complete credited cast:
	Paul Scofield	...	King Lear
	Irene Worth	...	Goneril
	Cyril Cusack	...	Albany
	Susan Engel	...	Regan
	Tom Fleming	...	Kent
	Anne-Lise Gabold	...	Cordelia
	Ian Hogg	...	Edmund
	Robert Langdon Lloyd	...	Edgar (as Robert Lloyd)
	Jack MacGowran	...	Fool
	Patrick Magee	...	Cornwall
	Barry Stanton	...	Oswald
	Alan Webb	...	Gloucester
	Søren Elung Jensen	...	Duke of Burgundy

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The Shakespeare tragedy that gave us the expression "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child." King Lear has not one but two ungrateful children, and it's especially galling because he turned over his entire kingdom to them. Paul Scofeld is an ancient, imposing shell of a Lear tormented by his too-long life as well as by daughters he calls "untatural hags." At one point, the king looks his eldest daughter, Goneril (Ireme Worth), straight in the eye and declares, "Thou art a boil, a plague-sore, of embossed carbuncle in my corrupted blood." These are the troubles not even the best-trained family counselor could ever hope to resolve. Written by alfiehitchie

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Country:

UK | Denmark

Language:

English

Release Date:

4 February 1971 (Denmark) See more »

Also Known As:

O vasilias Lear See more »

Filming Locations:

Råbjerg Mile, Jylland, Denmark See more »

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Athéna Films, Filmways Pictures, Filmways See more »

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Runtime:

137 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

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Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

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Brook based this production on ideas expressed by Polish theater critic Jan Kott in the book "Shakespeare, Our Contemporary". See more »

Crazy Credits

Not only is there no music in the film, but there are no "ambient sounds" at all during the opening credits, giving the impression that they were filmed using no soundtrack whatsoever. See more »

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Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Unearthly (#4.20)" (1991) See more »

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