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King Lear

Directed by Grigori Kozintsev
1970    2h 12m    PG
Drama
8.1
In this powerful Soviet rendition of Shakespeare's tragedy, an aging king's quest for loyalty shatters into chaos. As he divides his kingdom among deceitful daughters, Lear's descent into madness reveals the harsh truths of betrayal and lost love.
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Cast of King Lear
  • Jüri JärvetKing Lear
  • Galina VolchekRegan
  • Elza RadziņaGoneril
  • Valentina ShendrikovaCordelia
  • Oleg DalFool
  • Donatas BanionisAlbany
  • Regimantas AdomaitisEdmund
  • Aleksandr VokachCornwall
  • Aleksey PetrenkoOswald
  • Juozas BudraitisKing of France
  • Karlis SebrisGloster
  • Vladimir YemelyanovKent
  • Leonhard MerzinEdgar
  • Roman GromadskiyGloster's Servant
  • Zinoviy GerdtKing Lear (voice)
  • Grigori GajGloster (voice)
  • Aleksandr DemyanenkoAlbany (voice)
  • Emmanuil VitorganEdgar (voice) / Messenger (uncredited)
  • Nikolay Kuzmin
  • Ants Lauter
  • Ignat Leyrer
  • Konstantin Tyagunov
 
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