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King Lear

6.2 90 mins Comedy   Drama   1988
The Cannon Group   Golan-Globus Productions  
Director(s): Jean-Luc Godard

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

Casts of King Lear

Burgess Meredith

as Don Learo

Peter Sellars

as William Shakespeare Junior the Fifth

Julie Delpy

as Virginia

Leos Carax

as Edgar

Molly Ringwald

as Cordelia

Jean-Luc Godard

as Professor Pluggy

Norman Mailer

as The Great Writer

Woody Allen

as Mr. Alien

Freddy Buache

as Professor Quentin (uncredited)

Kate Mailer

as Herself (uncredited)

Suzanne Lanza

as (uncredited)

Michèle Pétin

as Journalist (uncredited)

Menahem Golan

as Himself (voice) [uncredited]

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