An aging King invites disaster when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters and rejects his one loving, but honest one.
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Michel Etcheverry
Le Roi Lear
Known for
I... for Icarus
Eyes Without a Face
Paloma Matta
Cordélia
Known for
The Seventh Juror
Raoul Guillet
le Duc d'Albany
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Black Galaxies
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Jean-Pierre Bernard
le Duc de Cornouailles
Known for
The Eiger Sanction
François Chaumette
le Comte de Kent
Known for
The Hunchback of Paris
Christine
Jean-Paul Moulinot
le Comte de Gloucester
Known for
The Fire Within
To Die of Love
Simon Eine
Edmond
Known for
Sarah's Key
Guy Piérauld
le fou du Roi
Known for
Tintin and the Lake of Sharks
Tarzoon: Shame of the Jungle!
Pierre Tabard
Edgar
Known for
Trapeze
Dominique Vincent
Goneril
Known for
The Taking of Power by Louis XIV
Silvia Monfort
Regan
Known for
La Pointe Courte
Les Misérables
Jean Kerchbron Director · William Shakespeare Author Yves Baudrier Composer
First release February 13, 1965 · Produced in France
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ORTF
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France
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French
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French
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France · February 13, 1965
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