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King Lear

1988 · 91 min · 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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Creators

Jean-Luc Godard — Director

Top cast

Peter Sellars portraitPeter SellarsWilliam Shakespeare Junior the FifthBurgess Meredith portraitBurgess MeredithDon LearoJulie Delpy portraitJulie DelpyVirginiaLeos Carax portraitLeos CaraxEdgarMolly Ringwald portraitMolly RingwaldCordeliaJean-Luc Godard portraitJean-Luc GodardProfessor PluggyWoody Allen portraitWoody AllenMr. Alien (uncredited)Freddy Buache portraitFreddy BuacheProfessor Quentin Kozintsev (uncredited)Menahem Golan portraitMenahem GolanSelf (voice) (uncredited)Suzanne Lanza portraitSuzanne LanzaGoblin (uncredited)

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