Release date:Jan 22, 1988

Runtime:1h 31m

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King Lear - Woody Allen - Peter Sellars - Jean-Luc Godard - 1987 - Trailer - 4K

King Lear

★ 5.9

Synopsis of "King Lear":

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

Director:

Jean-Luc Godard

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Language:

English

Cast of "King Lear":

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 (uncredited)

Kate Mailer ... as Self (uncredited)

Norman Mailer ... as Self (uncredited)

Michèle Pétin ... as Journalist (uncredited)

Crew:

Norman Mailer... (Writer)

Jean-Luc Godard... (Writer)

Peter Sellars... (Writer)

Jean-Luc Godard... (Editor)

Sophie Maintigneux... (Director of Photography)

Johann Sebastian Bach... (Music)

Ludwig van Beethoven... (Music)

Yoram Globus... (Producer)

Menahem Golan... (Producer)

Tom Luddy... (Associate Producer)

William Shakespeare... (Theatre Play)

Richard Debuisne... (Writer)

Jean-Luc Godard... (Executive Producer)

Jon Turtle... (Finance)

Hervé Duhamel... (Assistant Director)

Stanley B. Gill... (Sound Recordist)

François Musy... (Sound)

Alex Aurichio... (Assistant Camera)

Jim Denny... (Gaffer)

Omneya 'Nini' Mazen... (Post Production Coordinator)

Content rating:

PG (United States) · TP (France)