King Lear
Король Лир
Release: 1970-12-15
·Runtime: 132m
·★ 6.5
Drama
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.
Production Countries
Soviet Union
Production Companies
Lenfilm
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Aleksandr Vokach
as Cornwall
Ants Lauter
Jüri Järvet
as King Lear
Galina Volchek
as Regan
Vladimir Yemelyanov
as Kent
Leonhard Merzin
as Edgar
Roman Gromadskiy
as Gloster's Servant
Grigori Gaj
as Gloster (voice)
Emmanuil Vitorgan
as Edgar (voice) / Messenger (uncredited)
Konstantin Tyagunov
Elza Radziņa
as Goneril
Donatas Banionis
as Albany
Regimantas Adomaitis
as Edmund
Aleksey Petrenko
as Oswald
Juozas Budraitis
as King of France
Zinoviy Gerdt
as King Lear (voice)
Nikolay Kuzmin
Ignat Leyrer
Valentina Shendrikova
as Cordelia
Oleg Dal
as Fool
Karlis Sebris
as Gloster
Aleksandr Demyanenko
as Albany (voice)
V. Bobrov
Crew
Dmitri Shostakovich
Original Music Composer
Jonas Gricius
Director of Photography
William Shakespeare
Theatre Play
Evgeny Eney
Production Design
Grigori Kozintsev
Director, Writer
Boris Pasternak
Theatre Play
Vasili Goryunov
Makeup Artist
Arkadiy Tigay
Assistant Director
Boris Frumin
Assistant Director Trainee