King Lear (1988)
A descendant of Shakespeare tries to restore his plays in a world rebuilding itself after the Chernobyl catastrophe obliterates most of human civilization.
Top billed cast
Peter SellarsWilliam Shakespeare Junior the Fifth
Burgess MeredithDon Learo
Julie DelpyVirginia
Leos CaraxEdgar
Molly RingwaldCordelia
Jean-Luc GodardProfessor Pluggy
Woody AllenMr. Alien (uncredited)
Freddy BuacheProfessor Quentin Kozintsev (uncredited)
Menahem GolanSelf (voice) (uncredited)
Suzanne Lanza(uncredited)
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