Movie Info

The late Sir Lawrence Olivier stars in this Emmy Award winning production of Shakespeare's King Lear. It is the timeless tale of greed and lust...(read more...) for power, and of a sick old man, his scheming children and lost loyalties.

Director: Michael Elliott

MPAA: Unrated

Running Time: 158 min.

Release Date: Apr 03, 1983

Cast: Laurence Olivier, Colin Blakely, Anna Calder-Marshall, Jeremy Kemp, Robert Lang, Robert Lindsay, Leo McKern, David Threlfall, Dorothy Tutin, John Hurt, Diana Rigg, Brian Cox, Edward Petherbridge