King Lear
January 22, 1988
90 minutes
6.2
ComedyDrama

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.

Trailer
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
((uncredited))
Kate Mailer
(Self (uncredited))
Norman Mailer
(Self (uncredited))
Michèle Pétin
(Journalist (uncredited))