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King Lear

Directed by Jean-Luc Godard
1998    90m    PG
Comedy, Drama, Science Fiction
5.555%57%
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A descendant of Shakespeare tries to restore his plays in a world rebuilding itself after the Chernobyl catastrophe obliterates most of human civilization.
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Cast of King Lear
  • Burgess MeredithDon Learo
  • Peter SellarsWilliam Shakespeare Junior the Fifth
  • Julie DelpyVirginia
  • Leos CaraxEdgar
  • Molly RingwaldCordelia
  • Jean-Luc GodardProfessor Pluggy
  • Norman MailerThe Great Writer
  • Woody AllenMr. Alien
  • Freddy BuacheProfessor Quentin (uncredited)
  • Kate MailerHerself (uncredited)
  • Suzanne Lanza(uncredited)
  • Michèle PétinJournalist (uncredited)
  • Menahem GolanHimself (voice) [uncredited]
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