King Lear
An aging King invites disaster, when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects his loving and honest one.
From the archive
A feature length adaptation of King Lear. Prior familiarity with the play is probably necessary to enjoy this film. If you would like to watch Lear on your DVD player and are in an NTSC country, click on the link on the left hand column labeled "All Files HTTP." There's an iso image for a DVD with menus and chapters.
Why this is free to watch
King Lear (2008) is hosted by the Internet Archive as a public-domain or openly licensed work, which means its copyright has expired, lapsed, or was released by the rights holder. The uploader declared an explicit licence, linked in the source panel. Nitrate streams the file directly from the Archive and hosts no video itself.
- Director
- Trevor Nunn
- Starring
- Ian McKellen, Romola Garai, Monica Dolan, Sylvester McCoy, Philip Winchester, Peter Hinton, Jonathan Hyde, Frances Barber
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