MovieComedyDrama
King Lear
Jealous love leads to destruction.
6.5(36)19881h 31m
A descendant of Shakespeare tries to restore his plays in a world rebuilding itself after the Chernobyl catastrophe obliterates most of human civilization.
- Director
- Jean-Luc Godard
- Writers
- Jean-Luc Godard
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Cast
Peter Sellars
William Shakespeare Junior the Fifth
Burgess Meredith
Don Learo
Julie Delpy
Virginia
Leos Carax
Edgar
Molly Ringwald
Cordelia
Jean-Luc Godard
Professor Pluggy
Woody Allen
Mr. Alien (uncredited)
Freddy Buache
Professor Quentin Kozintsev (uncredited)
Menahem Golan
Self (voice) (uncredited)
Suzanne Lanza
Goblin (uncredited)
Kate Mailer
Self (uncredited)
Norman Mailer
Self (uncredited)
Michèle Pétin
Journalist (uncredited)
Ruth Maleczech
(voice) (uncredited)
Crew
Directing
- Jean-Luc GodardDirector
- Hervé DuhamelAssistant Director
Writing
- William ShakespeareTheatre Play
- Jean-Luc GodardScreenplay
Production
- Menahem GolanProducer
- Yoram GlobusProducer
- Tom LuddyAssociate Producer
- Jon TurtleFinance
- Omneya 'Nini' MazenPost Production Coordinator
Camera
- Sophie MaintigneuxDirector of Photography
- Alex AurichioAssistant Camera
Editing
- Jean-Luc GodardEditor
Sound
- Ludwig van BeethovenMusic
- Johann Sebastian BachMusic
- Stanley B. GillSound Recordist
- François MusySound
Lighting
- Jim DennyGaffer