King Lear

1988 6.3 (31 votes) 1h 30m

Genres

Comedy Drama

Production Companies

The Cannon Group
Golan-Globus Productions

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.

Key Crew

Writer: Peter Sellars, Jean-Luc Godard, Norman Mailer, Richard Debuisne

Director: Jean-Luc Godard

Director of Photography: Sophie Maintigneux

Producer: Menahem Golan, Yoram Globus

Top Cast

Peter Sellars

William Shakespeare Junior the Fifth

Burgess Meredith

Don Learo

Julie Delpy

Virginia

Leos Carax

Edgar

Molly Ringwald

Cordelia

Jean-Luc Godard

Professor Pluggy

Woody Allen

Mr. Alien (uncredited)

Freddy Buache

Professor Quentin Kozintsev (uncredited)

Videos

King Lear - Woody Allen - Peter Sellars - Jean-Luc Godard - 1987 - Trailer - 4K

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