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.
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.
- director
- Grigori Kozintsev
- cast
- Jüri Järvet, Galina Volchek, Elza Radzina, Valentina Shendrikova
- genres
- runtime
- 2 hr 12 mins
people also liked
Paths of Glory
Fiddler on the Roof
Bamako
12 Years a Slave
Good Will Hunting
The Avengers
American Psycho
Interstellar
The Dark Knight
Fight Club
The Matrix
The Godfather
Civil War
Catch Me If You Can
The Untouchables
The Shawshank Redemption
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Blade Runner
The Game
Scarface
