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.
Release Date:
1970-12-15
Runtime:
132 minutes
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Starring:
Jüri Järvet
as King Lear
Galina Volchek
as Regan
Elza Radziņa
as Goneril
Valentina Shendrikova
as Cordelia
Oleg Dal
as Fool
Donatas Banionis
as Albany
Regimantas Adomaitis
as Edmund
Aleksandr Vokach
as Cornwall
Aleksey Petrenko
as Oswald
Juozas Budraitis
as King of France
Karlis Sebris
as Gloster
Vladimir Yemelyanov
as Kent
Leonhard Merzin
as Edgar
Roman Gromadskiy
as Gloster's Servant
Zinoviy Gerdt
as King Lear (voice)
Grigoriy Gay
as Gloster (voice)
Aleksandr Demyanenko
as Albany (voice)
Emmanuil Vitorgan
as Edgar (voice) / Messenger (uncredited)
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Nikolay Kuzmin
Ants Lauter
Ignat Leyrer
Konstantin Tyagunov
V. Bobrov