King Lear

IMDb link: 2049483
IMDb rating: 7.5 (730 votes)
Genres: Drama
Director: Trevor Nunn
Cast: Ian McKellen, Philip Winchester, William Gaunt, Ben Meyjes and others

Release date: 25 Dec 2008
Release year: 2008
Runtime: 156 minutes
Country: United Kingdom
Keywords: flattery, shakespeare play, tragedy, betrayal, land grant, profession of love, playing a concertina, playing spoons, singer, poisoned champagne

Plot:

Sir Ian McKellen gives a tour-de-force performance as Shakespeare's tragic monarch, in this special television adaptation of the Royal Shakespeare Company production of one of the playwright's most enduring and haunting works.

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