

King Lear
Visit website6.2/10 • 30
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
- Editors
- Norman Mailer, Jean-Luc Godard, Peter Sellars, Jean-Luc Godard

King Lear
Visit website1988-01-22 • 1h 30m
6.2/10 • 30
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
- Editors
- Norman Mailer, Jean-Luc Godard, Peter Sellars, Jean-Luc Godard
Top Billed Cast
View CreditsBurgess Meredith
Don Learo
Peter Sellars
William Shakespeare Junior the Fifth
Julie Delpy
Virginia
Leos Carax
Edgar
Molly Ringwald
Cordelia
Jean-Luc Godard
Professor Pluggy
Norman Mailer
The Great Writer
Woody Allen
Mr. Alien
Freddy Buache
Professor Quentin (uncredited)
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- Status
- Released
- Original Language
- English
- Budget
- $1,000,000.00
- Revenue
- $61,821.00
- Keywords
- post-apocalyptic futureplaywrightchernobylpostmodernism