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Mood:
- BleakEmotional
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Plot:
- Tragic HeroBetrayalIntrigueParents and ChildrenDishonestyLife is a BitchUnfulfillmentFamily Problems more...
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Genres:
- DramaPeriod
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Time/Period:
- 70s
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Style:
- Talky
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Based on:
- Based on Play
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Attitudes:
- SeriousRealisticSlow
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King Lear, 1971
English
UK, Denmark
Profile of King Lear
The mood of King Lear is bleak and emotional. The plot centers around a tragic hero, intrigues, and betrayal. It is a drama and period movie. Stylistically, King Lear is talky. In approach, it is serious and realistic. The pacing is slow. King Lear is adapted from a play.
Summary of King Lear
King Lear is a proud man who solicits praise from his three daughters in return for inheritance of the kingdom. Daughters Goneril and Regan profess their affection vehemently. Cordelia, who does not respect the process her father has chosen, does not humor him. Lear's perceived rejection from Cordelia leads him to banish her, thus splitting the kingdom between the other two. His hasty decision becomes his fatal error.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | UK, Denmark |
| Release date: | 22 November 1971 |
| Runtime: | 137 min |
Cast and Crew
as Albany
as Regan
as Kent
as Cordelia
