King Lear(1983)PG04/03/1983 (US)Drama, TV Movie2h 38m6.5ShareOverviewAn aging King invites disaster when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters and rejects his one loving, but honest one.Michael ElliottDirectorTop Billed CastLaurence OlivierKing LearJohn HurtThe FoolBrian CoxBurgundyDorothy TutinGonerilAnna Calder-MarshallCordeliaDiana RiggReganLeo McKernGloucesterDavid ThrelfallEdgarRobert LindsayEdmundColin BlakelyKentJeremy KempCornwallRobert LangAlbanyEdward PetherbridgeFranceGeoffrey BatemanOswaldJohn CordingLear's KnightBenny YoungCornwall's ServantEsmond KnightOld ManIan RuskinEdmund's OfficerPaul CurranDoctorRonald ForfarFirst OfficerPopularity TrendLast 30 DaysThis chart shows the popularity trend over the past 30 days.MediaVideos (0)Backdrops (1)Posters (3)Recommendations46%Love Is Forever66%Barbie Presents: Thumbelina64%Guns Akimbo71%Fear Street: 166680%191781%Joker74%Mantra Warrior: The Legend of The Eight Moons56%Kinda Pregnant74%Doctor Strange63%An Ideal Father69%Barbie: A Fairy Secret71%The Substance63%Bad81%Dune: Part Two66%Playing with Fire72%Alien: Romulus69%Iron Man 394%Nude66%The Moon87%FlowPrevious slideNext slideSimilar Movies65%David64%Whom the Gods Wish to Destroy63%Whom the Gods Wish to Destroy 275%The Man Who Would Be King74%Ludwig53%Sven Tuuva the Hero66%King Arthur: Legend of the Sword83%The Lion King67%The Other Boleyn Girl68%Nell Gwyn51%Fire and Ice: The Dragon Chronicles74%The Lion in Winter60%Tower of London60%Alexander the Great57%David and Bathsheba69%The King and the Clown60%Anna and the King of Siam69%Iphigenia56%A Royal Christmas Ball75%The Prisoner of ZendaPrevious slideNext slide