King Lear

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

Cast

Peter Sellars

as William Shakespeare Junior the Fifth

Burgess Meredith

as Don Learo

Julie Delpy

as Virginia

Leos Carax

as Edgar

Molly Ringwald

as Cordelia

Jean-Luc Godard

as Professor Pluggy

Woody Allen

as Mr. Alien (uncredited)

Freddy Buache

as Professor Quentin Kozintsev (uncredited)

Menahem Golan

as Self (voice) (uncredited)

Suzanne Lanza

as (uncredited)

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