King Lear (1970)
Synopsis
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
Director: Grigori Kozintsev
Top Cast
- 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
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