King Lear
King Lear
Release: 1988-01-22
·Runtime: 90m
·★ 6.4
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
The Cannon Group
Golan-Globus Productions
Cast
Peter Sellars
as William Shakespeare Junior the Fifth
Burgess Meredith
as Don Learo
Julie Delpy
as Virginia
Leos Carax
as Edgar
Molly Ringwald
as Cordelia
Jean-Luc Godard
as Professor Pluggy
Woody Allen
as Mr. Alien (uncredited)
Freddy Buache
as Professor Quentin Kozintsev (uncredited)
Menahem Golan
as Self (voice) (uncredited)
Suzanne Lanza
as (uncredited)
Norman Mailer
as Self (uncredited)
Michèle Pétin
as Journalist (uncredited)
Crew
Norman Mailer
Writer
Jean-Luc Godard
Director
Jean-Luc Godard
Writer
Peter Sellars
Writer
Jean-Luc Godard
Editor
Johann Sebastian Bach
Music
Ludwig van Beethoven
Music
Yoram Globus
Producer
Menahem Golan
Producer
Tom Luddy
Associate Producer
William Shakespeare
Theatre Play
Jean-Luc Godard
Executive Producer
Jon Turtle
Finance