The play, Der Besuch der alten Dame was adapted into a film by what name?
The Visit (play) The Visit (German: "Der Besuch der alten Dame" ) is a 1956 tragicomic play by Swiss dramatist Friedrich Dürrenmatt.
King Lear (1999 film) King Lear is a 1999 adaptation of William Shakespeare's play of the same name. The film stars Brian Blessed (who also co-directed the film, along with Tony Rotherham) in the title role. Apart from Peter Brook's "King Lear" in 1971, it is the only other feature length film adaptation to preserve Shakespeare's verse. Yvonne Griggs, in "Shakespeare's King Lear: A close study of the relationship between text and film" (2009), characterised it as "a very stilted costume drama".