Basic Info
Release: January 22, 1988
Runtime: 90 min
Rating: ⭐ 6.4/10 (33 votes)
Status: Released
Videos
King Lear - Woody Allen - Peter Sellars - Jean-Luc Godard - 1987 - Trailer - 4K (YouTube)
King Lear
1988
90 min
⭐ 6.4/10
33 votes
Overview
A descendant of Shakespeare tries to restore his plays in a world rebuilding itself after the Chernobyl catastrophe obliterates most of human civilization.
Genres
Comedy
Drama
Production Countries
- United States of America
Spoken Languages
- French fr
- Japanese ja
- English en
- Russian ru
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Cast
Peter Sellars
William Shakespeare Junior the Fifth
Burgess Meredith
Don Learo
Julie Delpy
Virginia
Leos Carax
Edgar
Molly Ringwald
Cordelia
Jean-Luc Godard
Professor Pluggy
Woody Allen
Mr. Alien (uncredited)
Freddy Buache
Professor Quentin Kozintsev (uncredited)
Menahem Golan
Self (voice) (uncredited)
Suzanne Lanza
(uncredited)
Kate Mailer
Self (uncredited)
Norman Mailer
Self (uncredited)
Crew
Jean-Luc Godard
Writer
Jean-Luc Godard
Director
Peter Sellars
Writer
Norman Mailer
Writer
Ludwig van Beethoven
Music
Johann Sebastian Bach
Music
Yoram Globus
Producer
Menahem Golan
Producer
Richard Debuisne
Writer
Jean-Luc Godard
Executive Producer
Backdrops
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