King Lear

King Lear

King Lear

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2008•150 min•DramaTV Movie

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Ian McKellen

King Lear

Romola Garai

Cordelia

Monica Dolan

Regan

Sylvester McCoy

The Fool

Philip Winchester

Edmund

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Peter Hinton

Duke of Burgundy

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

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