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.
- Released
- 1988-01-22
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Luc Godard
- TMDB rating
- 6.5/10 from 36 votes
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)