King Lear
Synopsis
Details
- Year
- 2018
- Type of film
- Features
- Running time
- 115 mins
- Director
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Richard Eyre
- Producer
- Noëlette Buckley
- Editor
- Dan Farrell
- Director of Photography
- Ben Smithard
- Production Designer
- Peter Francis
- Music
- Stephen Warbeck
- Principal cast
- Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, Emily Watson, Florence Pugh, Tobias Menzies, Christopher Eccleson, Andrew Scott, Jim Broadbent, Jim Carter
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
A BBC (UK), Playground Entertainment (US), Amazon Studios (UK) production
Sales Company
Great Point Media
3rd Floor14 Floral Street
London
WC2E 9DH
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