King Lear

1971 film by Peter Brook
Movie film Q3197020
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King Lear

Summary

King Lear is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (39 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • King Lear's instance of is recorded as film[3].
  • King Lear's director is recorded as Peter Brook[4].
  • King Lear's screenwriter is recorded as Peter Brook[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 Paul Scofield[8].
  • King Lear's cast member is recorded as Cyril Cusack[9].
  • King Lear's cast member is recorded as Ian Hogg[10].
  • King Lear's cast member is recorded as Alan Webb[11].
  • King Lear's cast member is recorded as Anne-Lise Gabold[12].
  • King Lear's cast member is recorded as Jack MacGowran[13].
  • King Lear's cast member is recorded as Irene Worth[14].
  • King Lear's cast member is recorded as Tom Fleming[15].
  • King Lear's cast member is recorded as Robert Lloyd[16].
  • King Lear's cast member is recorded as Søren Elung Jensen[17].
  • King Lear's cast member is recorded as Susan Engel[18].
  • King Lear's cast member is recorded as Patrick Magee[19].
  • King Lear's cast member is recorded as Barry Stanton[20].
  • King Lear's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as nr2002031278[21].
  • King Lear's director of photography is recorded as Henning Kristiansen[22].
  • King Lear's IMDb ID is recorded as tt0067306[23].
  • King Lear's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[24].
  • King Lear's distribution format is recorded as video on demand[25].
  • King Lear's color is recorded as black-and-white[26].
  • King Lear's FilmAffinity film ID is recorded as 939353[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

King Lear's director is recorded as Peter Brook[4]. Its screenwriter is recorded as Peter Brook[5]. Cast members include Paul Scofield[8], Cyril Cusack[9], Ian Hogg[10], Alan Webb[11], Anne-Lise Gabold[12], and Jack MacGowran[13].

Publication

Publication dates include +1971-02-04T00:00:00Z[28] and +1971-11-22T00:00:00Z[29]. King Lear's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[24]. Its genre is recorded as drama film[6].

Adaptations and Inspiration

King Lear inspired it[30].

Why It Matters

King Lear ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (39 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . allocine.fr. Retrieved . allocine.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . allocine.fr. Retrieved . allocine.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Danish Film Database. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Danish Film Database. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Danish Film Database. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Danish Film Database. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Danish Film Database. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Danish Film Database. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Danish Film Database. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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