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The movie King Lear (Original title King Lear) has in the main roles on Ian McKellen (King Lear), Romola Garai (Cordelia), Monica Dolan (Regan), Sylvester McCoy (The Fool), Jonathan Hyde (Earl of Kent), Frances Barber (Goneril) The release date of the movie is 06.08.2008. This movie it is produced by Richard Price TV Associates Ltd. . Filmed in the following locations: Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK . Production countries: United Kingdom Movie Genre: Movies Drama

King Lear, old and tired, divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their protestations of love for him. When Cordelia, youngest and most honest, refuses to idly flatter the old man in return for favor, he banishes her and turns for support to his remaining daughters. But Goneril and Regan have no love for him and instead plot to take all his power from him. In a parallel, Lear's loyal courtier Gloucester favors his illegitimate son Edmund after being told lies about his faithful son Edgar. Madness and tragedy befall both ill-starred fathers.