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King Lear

The vain King Lear casts his youngest daughter out after she refuses to prove her love for him, leaving his kingdom prey to the machinations of his two elder daughters.

Post-revolutionary Russian director Grigori Kozintzev provides a social context to Shakespeare's regal family drama, associating Lear's irresponsibility to his family with the neglect of his fellow countrymen.

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Product Details
Grigori Kozintsev
Dmitri Shostakovich
MRBDVD040
0711969116991
DVD (DVD )
Region 2  Learn More
Russian
English
17/10/2011
1971
Mr Bongo
Feature, Foreign
1
Retail/Rental
132 mins
(PG) Parental Guidance.
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