King Lear (1971)

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Country: Soviet Union
Genres: Drama
Release: 1975-08-06
Director: Grigoriy Kozintsev
Writers: Grigoriy Kozintsev , Geoffrey of Monmouth , Boris Pasternak , William Shakespeare
Language: Russian | Latin
Stars: Jüri Järvet , Elza Radzina , Galina Volchek , Valentina Shendrikova , Oleg Dal , Karlis Sebris , Leonhard Merzin , Regimantas Adomaitis , Vladimir Yemelyanov , Aleksandr Vokach
Runtime: 140 min
Awards: 2 nominations
AKA: El rey Lear (Spain) , Re Lear (Italy) , Крал Лир (Bulgaria) , Kong Lear (Denmark) , Le roi Lear (France, French Republic) , Kuningas Lear (Finland) , Lear király (Hungary) , リア王 (Japan) , Korol Lir , King Lear (United States of America) , Βασιλεύς Ληρ (Greece) , Король Лир , Rey Lear (Argentina) , Król Lear (Poland) , Король Лир (Russian Federation) , König Lear , Rei Lear da Inglaterra (Brazil) , Regele Lear (Romania) , Karalius Lyras (Lithuania)
Plot: 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.
IMDB:tt0064553