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King Lear (1970)

★ 6.5/10 132 min Drama Soviet Union Russian
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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. 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.

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Jüri Järvet
Jüri Järvet King Lear
Galina Volchek
Galina Volchek Regan
Elza Radziņa
Elza Radziņa Goneril
Valentina Shendrikova
Valentina Shendrikova Cordelia
Oleg Dal
Oleg Dal Fool
Donatas Banionis
Donatas Banionis Albany
Regimantas Adomaitis
Regimantas Adomaitis Edmund
Aleksandr Vokach
Aleksandr Vokach Cornwall

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