King Lear

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📊 Film Specifications

Director Grigori Kozintsev
Writer Grigori Kozintsev (Writer), William Shakespeare (Theatre Play), Boris Pasternak (Theatre Play)
Original Title Король Лир
Release Date December 15, 1970
Runtime 132 min (2h 12m)
Country Soviet Union
Language RU
Budget N/A
Box Office N/A
Studios Lenfilm

King Lear (1970)

Directed by Grigori Kozintsev
• Written by Grigori Kozintsev , William Shakespeare , Boris Pasternak
⭐ 3.4 / 5 (27 votes) ⏱️ 132 min 🎬 Drama

Ratings Breakdown:

27 ratings
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Synopsis

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.

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Director Grigori Kozintsev
Grigori Kozintsev
Director
 Writer Grigori Kozintsev
Grigori Kozintsev
Writer
 Theatre Play William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
Theatre Play
 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