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King Lear

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Original title

King Lear

Year

1970

Running time

137 min.

Country

United Kingdom

Director

Peter Brook

Screenwriter

Peter Brook. Play: William Shakespeare

Cast

Cinematography

Henning Kristiansen (B&W)

Producer

Co-production United Kingdom-Denmark;

Athéna Films, Filmways Pictures, Laterna Film, Royal Shakespeare Company

Genre

Drama | Middle Ages

Movie Groups

Shakespeare: King Lear

Synopsis

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, 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.

Rankings Position

#111 Best Nordic Countries Films

Awards: 1971: New York Film Critics Circle: Nominated for Best Supporting Actor (Webb)

1971: National Board of Review (NBR): nominated to Top Ten Films.

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King Lear

1970

Peter Brook

7.0

(97)