King Lear (1971)Stream and Watch Online

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Released November 22nd, 1971, 'King Lear' stars Paul Scofield, Irene Worth, Cyril Cusack, Susan Engel The movie has a runtime of about 2 hr 17 min, and received a user score of 69 (out of 100) on TMDb, which collated reviews from 17 experienced users.

Want to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "King Lear old and tired divides his kingdom among his daughters giving great importance to their protestations of love for him When Cordelia youngest and most honest refuses to idly flatter the old man in return for favor he banishes her and turns for support to his remaining daughters But Goneril and Regan have no love for him and instead plot to take all his power from him In a parallel Lears loyal courtier Gloucester favors his illegitimate son Edmund after being told lies about his faithful son Edgar Madness and tragedy befall both illstarred fathers" .