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King Lear (1970)

King Lear (1970)

Drama
Release Date: 1970, December 15
Directors: Grigori Kozintsev
Countries: Soviet Union
Production: Lenfilm
Cast: Roman Gromadskiy, Oleg Dal, Donatas Banionis, Jüri Järvet, Aleksandr Demyanenko, Zinoviy Gerdt, Juozas Budraitis, Emmanuil Vitorgan, Aleksey Petrenko, Regimantas Adomaitis, Elza Radziņa, Galina Volchek

Overview:

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.