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King Lear

6.519881h 31mPGMovieComedyDrama

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

DirectorJean-Luc Godard
WritersJean-Luc Godard·Peter Sellars
ProducersYoram Globus·Menahem Golan

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Cast · Directed by Jean-Luc Godard

PSPeter Sellars
Peter Sellars
William Shakespeare Junior the Fifth
BMBurgess Meredith
Burgess Meredith
Don Learo
JDJulie Delpy
Julie Delpy
Virginia
LCLeos Carax
Leos Carax
Edgar
MRMolly Ringwald
Molly Ringwald
Cordelia
JGJean-Luc Godard
Jean-Luc Godard
Professor Pluggy
WAWoody Allen
Woody Allen
Mr. Alien (uncredited)
FBFreddy Buache
Freddy Buache
Professor Quentin Kozintsev (uncredited)
MGMenahem Golan
Menahem Golan
Self (voice) (uncredited)
SLSuzanne Lanza
Suzanne Lanza
(uncredited)
KM
Kate Mailer
Self (uncredited)
NMNorman Mailer
Norman Mailer
Self (uncredited)

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King Lear hasn't started streaming in Australia yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around March 11, 1988. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.