Title from container. I︠U︡ri I︠A︡rvet (King Lear), Ėlʹza Radzinʹ (Goneril), Galina Volchek (Regan), Valentina Shendrikova (Cordelia), Oleg Dalʹ (Fool), Karl Sebris (Gloucester), Alekseĭ Petrenko (Oswald), Aleksandr Vokach (Cornwall), Donatas Banionis (Albany), I︠U︡ozas Budraĭtis (King of France), Regimantas Adomaĭtis (Edmund). Based on: King Lear / by William Shakespeare. Originally produced as motion picture in 1970. Aspect ratio: 2.35:1. Special features: Shakespeare biography; featurette about composer D. Shostakovich; interview with G. Volchek (Regan); filmographies; photo album.
Summary:
A dramatization of William Shakespeare's play in which tragedy occurs when an old king divides his kingdom between his daughters.
Series:
Russian Cinema Council collection. Kollekt͡sii͡a "ėkranizat͡sii͡a"
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