King Lear - DaaVeeDee

King Lear (DVD) (*)

Out of Stock

Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Mono )
English ( Subtitles )
Greek ( Subtitles )
Hungarian ( Subtitles )
Italian ( Mono )
Italian ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
132 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu

Movie filmed in 1971 and produced in:
Denmark ( Scandinavia, Iceland )
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Peter Brook

Written By:
Peter Brook
William Shakespeare

Actors:
Cyril Cusack ..... Albany
Susan Engel ..... Regan
Tom Fleming ..... Kent
Anne-Lise Gabold ..... Cordelia
Ian Hogg ..... Edmund
Søren Elung Jensen ..... Duke of Burgundy
Robert Langdon Lloyd ..... Edgar (as Robert Lloyd)
Jack MacGowran ..... Fool
Patrick Magee ..... Cornwall
Paul Scofield ..... King Lear
Barry Stanton ..... Oswald
Alan Webb ..... Gloucester
Irene Worth ..... Goneril

Synopsis:

British director Peter Brook was of the opinion that no one in the latter half of the 20th century would sit still for a Shakespearean presentation without the added fillips of bizarre costumes and tricky camera pyrotechnics. Fortunately, Brook keeps his excesses in check in his 1971 version of King Lear. With equal good fortune, his Lear is Paul Scofield, whose portrayal of the senile old ruler, whose susceptibility to flattery proves his undoing, is nothing short of brilliant. The stark terrain of Denmark stands in for England in this version, adding a brooding texture to the tragedy that threatens to overwhelm the dialogue at times. Lear's daughters are played by Irene Worth (Goneril), Susan Engel (Regan), and Anne-lise Gabold (Cordelia); others in the cast are Alan Webb (Gloucester), Cyril Cusack (Albany), Patrick Magee (Cornwall), and Jack MacGowran (the Fool). Younger viewers and those faint at heart be warned: King Lear is one of Shakespeare's most graphically violent works, and director Brook takes every opportunity to emphasize the carnage and gore.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 18 June, 2007.

Customers who bought this product also purchased

The Beggar's Opera (DVD)	Mademoiselle Fifi (DVD)	Two for the Seesaw (DVD)
Fear Over the City (DVD)	King's Game (DVD)	An Autumn Afternoon (DVD)