by Jonathan Miller · 2entertain · DVD · EAN 5014503147525
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«King Lear» is the film by Jonathan Miller (1982), starring Michael Hordern, Brenda Blethyn and Ronald Pickup, on DVD.
The elderly King Lear divides his kingdom among his daughters according to the love they declare for him, but the honest Cordelia is left with nothing. Accompanied by his fool, Lear discovers too late the falseness of Goneril and Regan, and betrayal and madness drag him, along with his court, towards a tragic outcome.
PAL edition, region 2, with a running time of 183 minutes. Original language: English. Part of The Shakespeare Collection, the series of Shakespeare adaptations produced by the BBC. One disc.
For lovers of Shakespeare and British television adaptations, with a sober staging faithful to the text.
