

King Lear
1988 • 1h 31m • Comedy, Drama
69%Rotten Tomatoes
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.
- Director
- Jean-Luc Godard
- Writers
- Jean-Luc Godard
- Status
- Released
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Top Cast

Peter Sellars
William Shakespeare Junior the Fifth

Burgess Meredith
Don Learo

Julie Delpy
Virginia

Leos Carax
Edgar

Molly Ringwald
Cordelia

Jean-Luc Godard
Professor Pluggy

Woody Allen
Mr. Alien (uncredited)

Freddy Buache
Professor Quentin Kozintsev (uncredited)

Menahem Golan
Self (voice) (uncredited)

Suzanne Lanza
Goblin (uncredited)
Kate Mailer
Self (uncredited)

Norman Mailer
Self (uncredited)



















