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Film · 1988
King Lear
1h 31mPGDirected by Jean-Luc Godard
- Comedy
- Drama
Jealous love leads to destruction.
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
Peter SellarsWilliam Shakespeare Junior the Fifth
Burgess MeredithDon Learo
Julie DelpyVirginia
Leos CaraxEdgar
Molly RingwaldCordelia
Jean-Luc GodardProfessor Pluggy
Woody AllenMr. Alien (uncredited)
Freddy BuacheProfessor Quentin Kozintsev (uncredited)
Menahem GolanSelf (voice) (uncredited)
Suzanne LanzaGoblin (uncredited)- Kate MailerSelf (uncredited)
Norman MailerSelf (uncredited)
Details
- Director
- Jean-Luc Godard
- Writer
- Jean-Luc Godard
- Cinematography
- Sophie Maintigneux
- Editor
- Jean-Luc Godard
- Producer
- Yoram Globus, Menahem Golan
- Release
- January 22, 1988
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Rated
- PG
- Language
- English, French, Japanese
- Studio
- The Cannon Group, Golan-Globus Productions
- TMDB score
- 6.5 / 10 from 36 votes
