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Movie poster: King Lear (1916)
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King Lear

1916 · 63 min Drama
4.4 / 10 · TMDB

An aging King invites disaster, when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects his loving and honest one.

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Year 1916
Country United States of America
Genre Drama
Director Ernest C. Warde
Runtime 63 min.
Rating TMDB: 4.4/10 (7 votes)

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The film constructs its tragedy through the stark contrast between theatrical gesture and the raw power of silent cinema expression. It relies on the potency of close-ups to convey fury, despair, and madness in a way Shakespeare's words alone could not.

What lingers after viewing is the archetypal force of a story about pride and its fall, where the storm within a character becomes a storm on screen. A testament to timeless human passions. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Ernest C. Warde

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In subdued light, with attention to each nuance of expression, as for a stage play.

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