King Lear

1983 film by Michael Elliott
Movie television_film Q1658943
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King Lear

Summary

King Lear is a television film[1]. It draws 17 Wikipedia views per month (television_film category, ranking #444 of 3,555).[2]

Key Facts

  • King Lear's instance of is recorded as television film[3].
  • King Lear's director is recorded as Michael Elliott[4].
  • King Lear's composer is recorded as Gordon Crosse[5].
  • King Lear's genre is recorded as drama film[6].
  • King Lear's based on is recorded as King Lear[7].
  • King Lear's cast member is recorded as Laurence Olivier[8].
  • King Lear's cast member is recorded as Colin Blakely[9].
  • King Lear's cast member is recorded as Leo McKern[10].
  • King Lear's cast member is recorded as John Hurt[11].
  • King Lear's cast member is recorded as Diana Rigg[12].
  • King Lear's cast member is recorded as Brian Cox[13].
  • King Lear's producer is recorded as David Plowright[14].
  • King Lear's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no2014100124[15].
  • King Lear's IMDb ID is recorded as tt0087561[16].
  • King Lear's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[17].
  • King Lear's distribution format is recorded as video on demand[18].
  • King Lear's color is recorded as color[19].
  • King Lear's FilmAffinity film ID is recorded as 565356[20].
  • King Lear's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[21].
  • King Lear's publication date is recorded as +1983-01-01T00:00:00Z[22].
  • King Lear's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0gltm3[23].
  • King Lear's distributed by is recorded as British Broadcasting Corporation[24].
  • King Lear's distributed by is recorded as Netflix[25].
  • King Lear's PORT film ID is recorded as 89146[26].
  • King Lear's AlloCiné film ID is recorded as 180012[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

King Lear's producer is recorded as David Plowright[14]. Its director is recorded as Michael Elliott[4]. Cast members include Laurence Olivier[8], Colin Blakely[9], Leo McKern[10], John Hurt[11], Diana Rigg[12], and Brian Cox[13].

Publication

King Lear's publication date is recorded as +1983-01-01T00:00:00Z[22]. Its original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[17]. Its genre is recorded as drama film[6].

Why It Matters

King Lear draws 17 Wikipedia views per month (television_film category, ranking #444 of 3,555).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . filmow.com. Retrieved . filmow.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . filmow.com. Retrieved . filmow.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . filmow.com. Retrieved . filmow.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . filmow.com. Retrieved . filmow.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . filmow.com. Retrieved . filmow.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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