King Lear
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.
1988-01-22
en
Cast
Director
Jean-Luc Godard
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)
Norman Mailer as Self (uncredited)
Michèle Pétin as Journalist (uncredited)