The Dresser
1983 · 118 min
Directed by Peter Yates. Written by Ronald Harwood. Starring Albert Finney, Tom Courtenay, Edward Fox, Zena Walker.
In a touring Shakespearean theater group, a backstage hand - the dresser - is devoted to the brilliant but tyrannical head of the company. He struggles to support the deteriorating star as the company struggles to carry on during the London Blitz. The pathos of his backstage efforts rival the pathos in the story of Lear and the Fool that is being presented on-stage, as the situation comes to a crisis.
Critics 100% · audiences 86% · 5 Oscar nominations