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King Lear

United States

1953

73 Min
Black and White
English
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DIR Andrew McCullough

PROD Fred Rickey

SCR William Shakespeare

DP Andrew McCullough

CAST Orson Welles, Natasha Parry, Arnold Moss, Margaret Phillips, Beatrice Straight, Alan Badel, Micheál MacLiammóir, Frederick Worlock, Scott Forbes, Wesley Addy

PROD DES Henry May

MUSIC Virgil Thomson

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Based on Shakespeare’s play: King Lear of Britain has decided to divide his kingdom into three parts, and to hand over the responsibilities of ruling to his three daughters. The two oldest daughters, Goneril and Regan, flatter their father insincerely, and are rewarded. Cordelia, the youngest, sincerely loves her father, but she cannot match her sisters’ skill at false adulation. —IMDb

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18Jan13

While the production is adequate and expressionistic at times the credit goes to Welles who gives a great performance as the title character

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