King Lear

King Lear

1970
2h 12m
6.5

6.5/10

24 votes • View on IMDb
Overview

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.

Status: Released

Language: RU

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Production Information

Production Companies
Lenfilm
Production Countries
Soviet Union
Spoken Languages
Russian

Quick Facts

Original Title Король Лир
Release Date December 15, 1970
Status Released
Language RU
IMDb ID tt0064553

Cast

Jüri Järvet
Jüri Järvet

King Lear

Galina Volchek
Galina Volchek

Regan

Elza Radziņa
Elza Radziņa

Goneril

Valentina Shendrikova
Valentina Shendrikova

Cordelia

Oleg Dal
Oleg Dal

Fool

Donatas Banionis
Donatas Banionis

Albany

Regimantas Adomaitis
Regimantas Adomaitis

Edmund

Aleksandr Vokach
Aleksandr Vokach

Cornwall

Aleksey Petrenko
Aleksey Petrenko

Oswald

Juozas Budraitis
Juozas Budraitis

King of France

Karlis Sebris
Karlis Sebris

Gloster

Vladimir Yemelyanov
Vladimir Yemelyanov

Kent

Key Crew

Grigori Kozintsev
Director
Grigori Kozintsev
Writer

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