King Lear (1988)
Jealous love leads to destruction.
- Comedy
- Drama
A descendant of Shakespeare tries to restore his plays in a world rebuilding itself after the Chernobyl catastrophe obliterates most of human civilization.
- Rating
- 6.5 / 10 (36 votes)
- Release date
- January 22, 1988
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Language
- English
- Director
- Jean-Luc Godard
- Status
- Released
Top cast
Peter SellarsWilliam Shakespeare Junior the Fifth
Burgess MeredithDon Learo
Julie DelpyVirginia
Leos CaraxEdgar
Molly RingwaldCordelia
Jean-Luc GodardProfessor Pluggy
Woody AllenMr. Alien (uncredited)
Freddy BuacheProfessor Quentin Kozintsev (uncredited)
Menahem GolanSelf (voice) (uncredited)
Suzanne LanzaGoblin (uncredited)
Kate MailerSelf (uncredited)
Norman MailerSelf (uncredited)
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