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King Lear
1970 6.7 (22 votes) 2h 12m
Genres
Drama
Production Companies
Lenfilm

King Lear (Король Лир)

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.

Key Crew

Director: Grigori Kozintsev

Director of Photography: Jonas Gricius

Writer: Grigori Kozintsev

Top 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

Videos

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