King Lear

Jealous love leads to destruction.

Duration: 90 min

Release date: 1988-01-22

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A descendant of Shakespeare tries to restore his plays in a world rebuilding itself after the Chernobyl catastrophe obliterates most of human civilization.

Comedy Drama

King Lear

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King Lear

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as William Shakespeare Junior the Fifth

Burgess Meredith

Burgess Meredith

Jean-Luc Godard

Jean-Luc Godard

as Professor Pluggy

as Mr. Alien (uncredited)

as Professor Quentin Kozintsev (uncredited)

as Self (voice) (uncredited)

as (uncredited)

as Self (uncredited)

as Self (uncredited)

Michèle Pétin

as Journalist (uncredited)

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Jean-Luc Godard

Jean-Luc Godard

Jean-Luc Godard

Jean-Luc Godard

Jean-Luc Godard

Jean-Luc Godard

Sophie Maintigneux

Sophie Maintigneux

Director of Photography

Ludwig van Beethoven

Ludwig van Beethoven

Johann Sebastian Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach

Associate Producer

William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare

Richard Debuisne

Richard Debuisne

Jean-Luc Godard

Jean-Luc Godard

Executive Producer

Assistant Director

Stanley B. Gill

Stanley B. Gill

Sound Recordist

Assistant Camera

Omneya 'Nini' Mazen

Omneya 'Nini' Mazen

Post Production Coordinator

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