A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
February 4, 1971
Original Title:
King Lear
Genres:
Drama
Production Companies:
Athena Film A/S
Laterna Film
Royal Shakespeare Company
Production Countries:
Denmark | United Kingdom
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 137
King Lear, old and tired, divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their protestations of love for him. When Cordelia, youngest and most honest, refuses to idly flatter the old man in return for favor, he banishes her and turns for support to his remaining daughters. But Goneril and Regan have no love for him and instead plot to take all his power from him. In a parallel, Lear's loyal courtier Gloucester favors his illegitimate son Edmund after being told lies about his faithful son Edgar. Madness and tragedy befall both ill-starred fathers.
Costume Design:
Adele Angard
Director:
Peter Brook
Director of Photography:
Henning Kristiansen
Editor:
Albert Jurgenson
Kasper Schyberg
Executive Producer:
Sam Lomberg
Makeup Artist:
Ruth Hamler
Ken Lintott
Producer:
Michael Birkett
Sam Lomberg
Mogens Skot-Hansen
Production Design:
Georges Wakhévitch
Sound Recordist:
Bob Allen
Theatre Play:
William Shakespeare
Writer:
Peter Brook
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