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King Lear

King Lear2018

★6.1115 minDramaTV Movie

An aging King invites disaster, when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects his loving and honest one.

Director

Writer

Score

Stephen Warbeck

Stars

Anthony Hopkins Emma Thompson Emily Watson

Cast32

Anthony Hopkins
as Lear
Emma Thompson
as Goneril
Emily Watson
as Regan
Jim Broadbent
as Earl of Gloucester
Florence Pugh
as Cordelia
Jim Carter
as Earl of Kent
Andrew Scott
as Edgar
John Macmillan
as Edmund
Tobias Menzies
as Duke of Cornwall
Anthony Calf
as Duke of Albany
Karl Johnson
as Fool
Christopher Eccleston
as Oswald
John Standing
as Butler
Simon Manyonda
as Duke of Burgundy
Chukwudi Iwuji
as King of France
Samuel Valentine
as Lear's Gentleman
Arinzé Kene
as Lieutenant
S
Sharon Wattis
as 1st Maid
K
Kaye Brown
as 2nd Maid
Raphael Desprez
as French Officer
Peter Forbes
as Doctor
Sam Redford
as Young Captain
L
Liam McKenna
as Sergeant Major
P
Paul Tinto
as Soldier
Eric Kofi Abrefa
as Officer (Dover Castle)
N
Nick Khan
as Refugee
Yassine Mkhichen
as Refugee
M
Matt Rentell
as Soldier
D
Daria Riz
as Refugee
B
Belal Sabir
as Refugee
Karma Sood
as Refugee Boy
Shawn Dixon
as Knight #1 (uncredited)

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