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1975
PG
2h 20m
8.0IMDb
67%Rotten Tomatoes

Drama

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What it's about

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.

Cast and crew

Director: Grigoriy Kozintsev, Iosif Shapiro
Writer: Grigoriy Kozintsev, Geoffrey of Monmouth, Boris Pasternak
Starring: Jüri Järvet, Elza Radzina, Galina Volchek

Details

Release date: Aug 6, 1975
Language: Russian, Latin
Country: Soviet Union
Awards: 2 nominations total