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King Lear 1970 Directed by Grigori Kozintsev , Iosif Shapiro Король Лир

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.

Production Country Soviet Union
Language Russian
Spoken Language Russian
Gnere Drama
Production Company Lenfilm
Release Date 15 December 1970
132 mins