Considered by many to be the greatest tragedy ever written, King Lear sees two ageing fathers – one a King, one his courtier – reject the children who truly love them. Their blindness unleashes a tornado of pitiless ambition and treachery, as family and state are plunged into a violent power struggle with bitter ends.
An aging King invites disaster, when he abdicates to his cor...
As a country arms itself for war, a family tears itself apar...
Winner of four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Be...