King Lear

1h 30m
ComedyDrama
6.4

A descendant of Shakespeare tries to restore his plays in a world rebuilding itself after the Chernobyl catastrophe obliterates most of human civilization.

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)

Crew

Jean-Luc Godard
Director, Writer, Editor, Executive Producer
Norman Mailer
Writer
Peter Sellars
Writer
Richard Debuisne
Writer
Sophie Maintigneux
Director of Photography
Hervé Duhamel
Assistant Director
Yoram Globus
Producer
Menahem Golan
Producer
Tom Luddy
Associate Producer
Alex Aurichio
Assistant Camera
Omneya 'Nini' Mazen
Post Production Coordinator
Stanley B. Gill
Sound Recordist
François Musy
Sound
Johann Sebastian Bach
Music
Ludwig van Beethoven
Music
Jon Turtle
Finance
Jim Denny
Gaffer
William Shakespeare
Theatre Play

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