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King Lear

6.719832h 38mPGMovieDramaTV Movie

An aging King invites disaster when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters and rejects his one loving, but honest one.

DirectorMichael Elliott

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Cast · Directed by Michael Elliott

LOLaurence Olivier
Laurence Olivier
King Lear
JHJohn Hurt
John Hurt
The Fool
BCBrian Cox
Brian Cox
Burgundy
DTDorothy Tutin
Dorothy Tutin
Goneril
ACAnna Calder-Marshall
Anna Calder-Marshall
Cordelia
DRDiana Rigg
Diana Rigg
Regan
LMLeo McKern
Leo McKern
Gloucester
DTDavid Threlfall
David Threlfall
Edgar
RLRobert Lindsay
Robert Lindsay
Edmund
CBColin Blakely
Colin Blakely
Kent
JKJeremy Kemp
Jeremy Kemp
Cornwall
RLRobert Lang
Robert Lang
Albany

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King Lear — streaming FAQ

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Is King Lear on Netflix?

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King Lear hasn't started streaming in United States yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around May 22, 1983. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.