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6.536 votes

Movie

King Lear

1988•1h 31m•PG•Comedy, Drama

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.

Top cast

Peter Sellars

William Shakespeare Junior the Fifth

Burgess Meredith

Burgess Meredith

Julie Delpy

Leos Carax

Molly Ringwald

Jean-Luc Godard

Jean-Luc Godard

Professor Pluggy

Woody Allen

Mr. Alien (uncredited)

Freddy Buache

Professor Quentin Kozintsev (uncredited)

Menahem Golan

Self (voice) (uncredited)

Suzanne Lanza

Details

Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Writer: Norman Mailer

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Keywords

post-apocalyptic future playwright chernobyl, ukraine postmodernism

, Jean-Luc Godard

, Peter Sellars

, Richard Debuisne

Production

The Cannon Group, Golan-Globus Productions

Country

United States

Original language

English

Budget

$1,000,000

Revenue

$61,821

Release date

January 22, 1988

Status

Released