King Lear

King Lear

1988
1h 31m
6.4

6.4/10

35 votes • View on IMDb
Comedy Drama

"Jealous love leads to destruction."

Overview

A descendant of Shakespeare tries to restore his plays in a world rebuilding itself after the Chernobyl catastrophe obliterates most of human civilization.

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Status: Released

Budget: $1,000,000

Revenue: $61,821

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
The Cannon Group Golan-Globus Productions
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
English French Japanese Russian

Keywords

post-apocalyptic future playwright chernobyl postmodernism

Quick Facts

Release Date January 22, 1988
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0093349

Cast

Peter Sellars
Peter Sellars

William Shakespeare Junior the Fifth

Burgess Meredith
Burgess Meredith

Don Learo

Julie Delpy
Julie Delpy

Virginia

Leos Carax
Leos Carax

Edgar

Molly Ringwald
Molly Ringwald

Cordelia

Jean-Luc Godard
Jean-Luc Godard

Professor Pluggy

Woody Allen
Woody Allen

Mr. Alien (uncredited)

Freddy Buache
Freddy Buache

Professor Quentin Kozintsev (uncredited)

Menahem Golan
Menahem Golan

Self (voice) (uncredited)

Suzanne Lanza
Suzanne Lanza

(uncredited)

Kate Mailer
Kate Mailer

Self (uncredited)

Norman Mailer
Norman Mailer

Self (uncredited)

Key Crew

Norman Mailer
Writer
Jean-Luc Godard
Director
Jean-Luc Godard
Writer
Peter Sellars
Writer
Yoram Globus
Producer
Menahem Golan
Producer
Richard Debuisne
Writer
Jean-Luc Godard
Executive Producer