Where to Watch King Lear (1975)

Looking to watch 'King Lear' on your TV or mobile device at home? Discovering a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or view the Grigori Kozintsev-directed movie via subscription can be difficult, so we here at Moviefone want to do the work for you.

Below, you'll find a number of top-tier streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription choices - along with the availability of 'King Lear' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the fundamentals of how you can watch 'King Lear' right now, here are some finer points about the Lenfilm drama flick.

Released August 6th, 1975, 'King Lear' stars Jüri Järvet, Galina Volchek, Elza Radziņa, Valentina Shendrikova The movie has a runtime of about 2 hr 12 min, and received a user score of 65 (out of 100) on TMDb, which compiled reviews from 23 top users.

Want to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "King Lear, old and tired, divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their protestations of love for him. When Cordelia, youngest and most honest, refuses to idly flatter the old man in return for favor, he banishes her and turns for support to his remaining daughters. But Goneril and Regan have no love for him and instead plot to take all his power from him. In a parallel, Lear's loyal courtier Gloucester favors his illegitimate son Edmund after being told lies about his faithful son Edgar. Madness and tragedy befall both ill-starred fathers." .