King Lear
An aging King invites disaster, when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects his loving and honest one.
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Anthony Hopkins
Lear
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Bernardo Santos
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Emma Thompson
Goneril
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Emily Watson
Regan
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Jim Broadbent
Earl of Gloucester
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Florence Pugh
Cordelia
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Jim Carter
Earl of Kent
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Andrew Scott
Edgar
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John Macmillan
Edmund
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Tobias Menzies
Duke of Cornwall
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Anthony Calf
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Karl Johnson
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Richard Eyre Director · William Shakespeare Author Stephen Warbeck Composer
United States release September 27, 2018 · Produced in United Kingdom · Production Sonia Friedman Productions, BBC
Production
Playground Entertainment
Production
Sonia Friedman Productions
Production
BBC
Production
Amazon Studios
Production
Lemaise Pictures
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Amazon MGM Studios
Studio · Production
United Kingdom
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · May 28, 2018
TV · BBC Two
United States · September 27, 2018
Digital · Amazon Prime (rated TV-14)
Canada
September 27, 2018 · Digital · Amazon Prime Video
Germany
September 28, 2018 · Digital · Amazon Prime Video
Ireland
May 28, 2019 · TV · BBC Two
November 28, 2019 · Digital · Amazon Prime
Italy
September 28, 2018 · Digital · Amazon Prime Video
Japan
October 22, 2020 · Digital
South Korea
September 22, 2020 · Digital · TVING
United Kingdom
November 28, 2018 · Digital · Amazon Prime
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