King Lear (1988)

Name: King Lear
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 1988-01-22
Duration: 91 min
Cast: Peter Sellars, Burgess Meredith, Julie Delpy, Leos Carax, Molly Ringwald

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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Released 1988-01-22 · 91 min · Comedy, Drama

Directed by Jean-Luc Godard

Cast

Peter Sellars as William Shakespeare Junior the Fifth
Burgess Meredith as Don Learo
Julie Delpy as Virginia
Leos Carax as Edgar
Molly Ringwald as Cordelia
Jean-Luc Godard as Professor Pluggy
Woody Allen as Mr. Alien (uncredited)
Freddy Buache as Professor Quentin Kozintsev (uncredited)
Menahem Golan as Self (voice) (uncredited)
Suzanne Lanza as Goblin (uncredited)
Kate Mailer as Self (uncredited)
Norman Mailer as Self (uncredited)
Michèle Pétin as Journalist (uncredited)
Ruth Maleczech as (voice) (uncredited)