Multimedia Collection
King Lear
DVD
158 min
1984
PR2819 .A23 1999 DVD
The late Sir Laurence Olivier stars in this Emmy Award winning production of Shakespeare's King Lear. Critically acclaimed as "...a performance as great as anything he has ever done in his illustrious acting career." King Lear proved to be Olivier's final major screen roll.
King Lear is a violent storm on a grand scale. It is a timeless tale of greed and lust for power. It is the story of a sick old man, his scheming children and lost loyalties. King Lear is arguably Shakespeare's greatest work, masterfully adapted for the screen by Sir Laurence Olivier; unquestionably one of the greatest actors of the twentieth century.
Starring Laurence Olivier, Colin Blakely, Anna Calder-Marshall, John Hurt, Jeremy Kemp, Robert Lang, Robert Lindsay, Leo McKern, Diana Rigg, David Threlfall and Dorothy Tutin.
Not closed captioned.
Distributed by Kultur (www.kultur.com).
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