King Lear (Original title)
Date: 1970 (Copyright)Countries: USA, Denmark, United KingdomDirected by: Peter Brook
Synopsis: Filmed version of Shakespeare's play.
Genre: Period drama
Subject: King Lear (play)
Releases
Date: 1970not specifiedRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 137 mins Length: 12335 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: 1970 (Copyright)Countries: USA, Denmark, United KingdomDirected by: Peter Brook
Synopsis: Filmed version of Shakespeare's play.
Genre: Period drama
Subject: King Lear (play)
Releases
Date: 1970not specifiedRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 137 mins Length: 12335 FeetDialogue (original): English
Credits
(55)
©: Filmways Inc., An Athena Film production: Athena Film, A Laterna Film production: Laterna Film, Presents: Royal Shakespeare Company, Filmways, Executive Producer: Sam Lomberg, Mogens Skot Hansen, Produced by: Michael Birkett, Associate Producer: Carl Rald, Unit Manager: Morten Schyberg, Production Manager: Jørgen Mydtskov, Production Supervisor: Carl Rald, Accountant: Hanne Christiansen, Location Manager: Jørgen Hinsch, Production Secretary: Inge Brank, Location Research: Marianne Schyberg, Assistant Director: Erick Frohn-Nielsen, Assistant to the Director: Mary G. Evans, Continuity Girl: Birte Froste, By: William Shakespeare, Director of Photography: Henning Kristiansen, Camera Assistant: Peter Klitgaard, Camera Assistant: Michael Christensen, Camera Assistant: Uffe Kaare Thomsen, Chief Electrician: Kai Larsen, Camera Grip: Bo Riemer, Grips & Maintenance: Arne Lintner, Editor: Albert Jurgenson, Assistant Editor: Christiane Lack, Production Designer: Georges Wakhevitch, Assistant Art Director: Jean Forestier, Jean Taillandier, Property Buyer: Willy Berg Hansen, Construction Company: Berg Bach & Kjeld Egmose, Costume Designer: Adele ÄnggÅrd, And [Costumes] Made by: Mogens Eriksen, Costume Treatment: Viggo Bentzon, Wardrobe Mistress: Bitten HØjmark, Wardrobe Assistant: Annelise Schyberg, Chief Dresser: Jonathan Drew, Make-up Supervisor: Kenneth Lintott, Make-up Assistant: Ruth Mahler, Film Laboratory: Nordisk Film Teknik, Effects Scored by: Edgardo Canton, Recorded With the Co-operation of: Groupe des Recherches Musicales de l'O.R.T.F., Sound Mixer: Bob Allen, Sound Recordist: Robert Allen, Boom Man: Sidney Knight, Dubbing Supervisor: Robert Allen, Dubbing Mixer: Alex Pront, Jacques Maumont, Sound Editor: Renée Deschamps, Stagière: Marie-Anne Le Gall, Master of Horse: Henrik Haubroe
Cast
(12)
Paul Scofield (King Lear), Irene Worth (Goneril), Cyril Cusack (Duke of Albany), Susan Engel (Regan), Tom Fleming (Earl of Kent), Anne-Lise Gabold (Cordelia), Ian Hogg (Edmund), Robert Lloyd (Edgar), Jack MacGowran (Fool), Patrick Magee (Duke of Cornwall), Barry Stanton (Oswald), Alan Webb (Duke of Gloucester)