King Lear

King Lear

132 mins | Drama | Dec. 15, 1970

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.

King Lear

132 mins | Drama | Dec. 15, 1970

King Lear
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.
IMDb rating 8.1
Producers Lenfilm
Original title Король Лир
Directors Grigori Kozintsev, Iosif Shapiro
Writers Grigori Kozintsev, Boris Pasternak, William Shakespeare

Cast

Jüri Järvet

as King Lear

Galina Volchek

as Regan

Elza Radzina

as Goneril

Valentina Shendrikova

as Cordelia

Oleg Dal

as Fool

Donatas Banionis

as Albany

Aleksandr Vokach

as Cornwall

Aleksey Petrenko

as Oswald

Juozas Budraitis

as King of France

Karlis Sebris

as Gloster

Leonhard Merzin

as Edgar

Roman Gromadskiy

as Gloster's Servant

Zinoviy Gerdt

as King Lear (voice)

Grigori Gaj

as Gloster (voice)

Aleksandr Demyanenko

as Albany (voice)

Emmanuil Vitorgan

as Edgar (voice) / Messenger (uncredited)