

King Lear
Visit website6.4/10 • 33
1988-01-22 • 1h 30m
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.
- Directors
- Jean-Luc Godard
- Writters
- Norman Mailer, Jean-Luc Godard, Peter Sellars, Richard Debuisne
- Editors
- Norman Mailer, Jean-Luc Godard, Peter Sellars, Jean-Luc Godard

King Lear
Visit website1988-01-22 • 1h 30m
6.4/10 • 33
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.
- Directors
- Jean-Luc Godard
- Writters
- Norman Mailer, Jean-Luc Godard, Peter Sellars, Richard Debuisne
- Editors
- Norman Mailer, Jean-Luc Godard, Peter Sellars, Jean-Luc Godard
Top Billed Cast
View CreditsPeter 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)
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- Status
- Released
- Original Language
- English
- Budget
- $1,000,000.00
- Revenue
- $61,821.00
- Keywords
- post-apocalyptic futureplaywrightchernobylpostmodernism