--- title: 'King Lear (1971)' type: 'film' director: 'Peter Brook' released: '1971-02-04' runtime_minutes: 137 genres: - 'Drama' countries: - 'United Kingdom' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/king-lear-1971' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067306/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # King Lear (1971) 1971 · 137 min · Drama · United Kingdom ## Synopsis King Lear is a 1971 film adaptation of the Shakespearean play, written for the screen and directed by Peter Brook. It stars Paul Scofield in the title role and Irene Worth as Goneril, and features Cyril Cusack, Susan Engel, Jack MacGowran, Patrick Magee and Alan Webb. The film was co-produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company, and was shot primarily in the Jutland Peninsula of Denmark. ## Credits - **Director:** [Peter Brook](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-brook) - **Screenplay:** [Peter Brook](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-brook) - **Director of Photography:** [Henning Kristiansen](https://cinepixo.com/people/henning-kristiansen) - **Editor:** [Albert Jurgenson](https://cinepixo.com/people/albert-jurgenson) ## Cast - [Jack MacGowran](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-macgowran) as Fool - [Barry Stanton](https://cinepixo.com/people/barry-stanton) as Oswald - [Irene Worth](https://cinepixo.com/people/irene-worth) as Goneril - [Anne-Lise Gabold](https://cinepixo.com/people/anne-lise-gabold) as Cordelia - [Robert Lloyd](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-lloyd) as Edgar - [Alan Webb](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-webb) as Gloucester - [Cyril Cusack](https://cinepixo.com/people/cyril-cusack) as Albany - [Ian Hogg](https://cinepixo.com/people/ian-hogg) as Edmund - [Susan Engel](https://cinepixo.com/people/susan-engel) as Regan - [Paul Scofield](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-scofield) as Lear - [Patrick Magee](https://cinepixo.com/people/patrick-magee) as Cornwall - [Tom Fleming](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-fleming) as Kent ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/king-lear-1971 Film facts: Wikidata (Q3197020); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.