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Re Lear
(King Lear)
(1910) Italy
B&W : [?] One or Two? reels / 325 metres
Directed by Gerolamo Lo Savio

Cast: Ermete Novelli [King Lear], Francesca Bertini [Cordelia], Giannina Chiantoni [a daughter of Lear], Olga Giannini Novelli [a daughter of Lear]

Film d’Arte Italiana production. / From the play King Lear by William Shakespeare. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was released in Spain on 12 December 1910. The film was released in the United Kingdom on 21 December 1910.

Drama: Historical.

Survival status: Print exists.

Current rights holder: (unknown)

Keywords: Authors: William Shakespeare (1564?-1616) - Disloyalty - Loyalty - Royalty: Kings

Listing updated: 19 December 2023.

References: Film viewing : Ball-Shakespeare p. 160b : Website-IMDb.

Home video: DVD.