King Lear
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
Crew
Grigori Kozintsev
Director
Simon Virsaladze
Costume Design
Yevgeniya Makhankova
Editor
Iosif Shapiro
Co-Director
Dmitri Shostakovich
Original Music Composer
Jonas Gricius
Director of Photography
Grigori Kozintsev
Writer
Boris Pasternak
Theatre Play
William Shakespeare
Theatre Play
Valentina Kuznetsova
Assistant Director
Clips & Videos
King Lear (1970) Trailer