King Lear

1970

English

7.2

♡ 3

67%

72%

Action

based on play or musical

Peter Brook Director

Patrick Magee as Cornwall

Ian Hogg as Edmund

Jack MacGowran as Fool

Paul Scofield as King Lear

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.