King Lear

Year: 1983

Runtime: 158 mins

Language: English

Director: Michael Elliott

DramaTV MovieMoving relationship storiesCaptivating vision and Shakespearean dramaPassion and romance

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

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