King Lear An aging King invites disaster when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters and rejects his one loving, but honest one. Details Casts Galleries Posters Title King Lear Release Date 1983-04-03 Runtime 02 Hours 38 Minutes Genres Drama TV Movie Production Companies Granada Television Production Countries United Kingdom Laurence Olivier... King Lear... John Hurt... The Fool... Brian Cox... Burgundy... Dorothy Tutin... Goneril... Anna Calder-Marshall... Cordelia... Diana Rigg... Regan... Leo McKern... Gloucester... David Threlfall... Edgar... Robert Lindsay... Edmund... Colin Blakely... Kent... Jeremy Kemp... Cornwall... Robert Lang... Albany... Edward Petherbridge... France... Original Size (1280x720) Original Size (500x750) Original Size (960x1440)