UK / Denmark,
1970, 137 min
Directed by:
Peter BrookCinematography:
Henning KristiansenCast:
Paul Scofield, Irene Worth, Cyril Cusack, Jack MacGowran, Patrick Magee, Robert Langdon Lloyd, Ian Hogg, Alan Webb, Barry StantonPlots(1)
Patrick Magee gives a tour de force performance as the elderly king who descends into madness after disposing of his estate between his treacherous daughters Regan and Goneril. (Network)
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