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    King Lear

    132'

    1970-12-15

    6.8

    Drama

    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.

    DirectingGrigori KozintsevWritingGrigori Kozintsev

    Cast

    1

    King Lear

    Jüri Järvet

    2

    Regan

    Galina Volchek

    1

    Goneril

    Elza Radziņa

    1

    Cordelia

    Valentina Shendrikova

    1

    Fool

    Oleg Dal

    1

    Albany

    Donatas Banionis

    1

    Edmund

    Regimantas Adomaitis

    2

    Cornwall

    Aleksandr Vokach

    1

    Oswald

    Aleksey Petrenko

    1

    King of France

    Juozas Budraitis

    1

    Gloster

    Karlis Sebris

    1

    Kent

    Vladimir Yemelyanov

    1

    Edgar

    Leonhard Merzin

    1

    Gloster's Servant

    Roman Gromadskiy

    1

    King Lear (voice)

    Zinoviy Gerdt

    1

    Gloster (voice)

    Grigoriy Gay

    1

    Albany (voice)

    Aleksandr Demyanenko

    1

    Edgar (voice) / Messenger (uncredited)

    Emmanuil Vitorgan

    1

    Nikolay Kuzmin

    1

    Ants Lauter

    1

    Ignat Leyrer

    1

    Konstantin Tyagunov

    1

    V. Bobrov

    Details:

    • Budget: 0
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 0
    • List of countries:
      1. Soviet Union
    • List of languages:
      1. Russian
    • List of companies:
      1. Lenfilm
    • Vote Count: 27
    • Popularity: 1.1216
    • Status: Released
    • Original title:Король Лир

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