Jan 22, 1988
91 min
Full-HD

King Lear (1988)

A descendant of Shakespeare tries to restore his plays in a world rebuilding itself after the Chernobyl catastrophe obliterates most of human civilization.

Category

Comedy Drama

Country

United States of America

Companies

The Cannon Group Golan-Globus Productions

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)

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