King Lear

Name: King Lear
Cast: Peter Sellars, Burgess Meredith, Julie Delpy, Leos Carax, Molly Ringwald

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

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Cast & Crew

Director: Jean-Luc GodardWriters: Norman Mailer, Peter Sellars, Richard DebuisneProducers: Menahem Golan, Yoram Globus

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)

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