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6 August 1975 (USA)
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King Lear, old and tired, divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their protestations of love for him...
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Elena by Andrei Zvyagintsev
(From DearCinema.com. 31 January 2012, 10:49 PM, PST)
Hamlet/ King Lear – DVD review
(From The Guardian - Film News. 15 October 2011, 4:08 PM, PDT)
Lights, Camera, Shakespeare
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(From DearCinema.com. 31 January 2012, 10:49 PM, PST)
Hamlet/ King Lear – DVD review
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Lights, Camera, Shakespeare
(From New York Post. 13 July 2009, 1:29 AM, PDT)
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One of the best Shakespeare's filmings
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Cast
(in credits order) | Jüri Järvet | ... | King Lear (as Yuri Yarvet) |
| Elza Radzina | ... | Goneril (as E. Radzina) |
| Galina Volchek | ... | Regan (as G. Volchek) |
| Valentina Shendrikova | ... | Cordelia (as V. Shendrikova) |
| Oleg Dal | ... | Fool (as O. Dal) |
| Karlis Sebris | ... | Gloster (as K. Sebris) |
| Leonhard Merzin | ... | Edgar (as L. Merzin) |
| Regimantas Adomaitis | ... | Edmund (as R. Adomaytis) |
| Vladimir Yemelyanov | ... | Kent (as V. Yemelyanov) |
| Aleksandr Vokach | ... | Cornwall (as A. Vokach) |
| Donatas Banionis | ... | Albany (as D. Banionis) |
| Aleksey Petrenko | ... | Oswald (as A. Petrenko) |
| Juozas Budraitis | ... | King of France (as I. Budraytis) |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Roman Gromadsky | (as R. Gromadsky) | |
| Nikolai Kuzmin | (as N. Kuzmin) | |
| Ants Lauter | (as A. Lauter) | |
| Ignat Leirer | (as I. Leyrer) | |
| Konstantin Tyagunov | (as K. Tyagunov) | |
| Emmanuil Vitorgan | ... | Messenger (uncredited) |
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| Grigori Kozintsev | |||
| Iosif Shapiro | (co-director) | ||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| Grigori Kozintsev | ||
| Boris Pasternak | Russian translation, 1949 | |
| William Shakespeare | play "King Lear" | |
Original Music by | |||
| Dmitri Shostakovich | |||
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| Jonas Gritsius | |||
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| Ye. Makhankova | |||
Production Design by | |||
| Yevgeni Yenej | |||
Set Decoration by | |||
| Vsevolod Ulitko | |||
| Alexander Ney | (uncredited) | ||
Costume Design by | |||
| Solomon Virsaladze | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Vasili Goryunov | .... | makeup artist (as V. Goryunov) | |
| L. Yeliseyeva | .... | makeup artist | |
Production Management | |||
| M. Shostak | .... | production manager | |
| Nikolai Yeliseyev | .... | production manager (as N. Yeliseyev) | |
Sound Department | |||
| Eduard Vanunts | .... | sound | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| V. Amosenko | .... | camera operator | |
| Valentin Komarov | .... | camera operator (as V. Komarov) | |
| Aleksandr Sysoyev | .... | camera operator (as A. Sysoyev) | |
Other crew | |||
| M. Gukovsky | .... | consultant | |
| I. Kokh | .... | fencing master | |
| Yu. Natsvaladze | .... | consultant | |
| L. Rakhmanov | .... | script editor | |
| R. Sot | .... | consultant | |
| L. Tarasyuk | .... | consultant | |
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- Artkino Pictures (1975) (USA) (subtitled)
- Contemporary Films (2004) (UK) (all media)
- Divisa Home Video (2006) (Spain) (DVD)
- Sovexportfilm
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"Korol Lir" - Soviet Union (original title)
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This is one of rare Shakespeare's filmings, where "filming" doesn't sound as a common noun. Of course Kozintsev is one of the greatest Russian director's, but Jarvet is just genious in his phylosophical interpretation.