---
title: 'King Lear (1970)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Grigori Kozintsev'
released: '1970-12-15'
runtime_minutes: 139
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Soviet Union'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/king-lear-1970'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064553/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# King Lear (1970)

1970 · 139 min · Drama · Soviet Union

Original title: Король Лир

## Synopsis

King Lear is a 1971 Soviet drama film directed by Grigori Kozintsev, based on William Shakespeare's play King Lear. The film uses Boris Pasternak's translation of the play, while the Fool's songs are translated by Samuil Marshak. It was Kozintsev's last completed film.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Grigori Kozintsev](https://cinepixo.com/people/grigori-kozintsev)
- **Screenplay:** [Grigori Kozintsev](https://cinepixo.com/people/grigori-kozintsev)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Dmitri Shostakovich](https://cinepixo.com/people/dmitri-shostakovich)

## Cast

- [Oleg Dahl](https://cinepixo.com/people/oleg-dahl) as Fool
- [Aleksei Petrenko](https://cinepixo.com/people/aleksei-petrenko) as Oswald
- [Donatas Banionis](https://cinepixo.com/people/donatas-banionis) as Albany
- [Jüri Järvet](https://cinepixo.com/people/juri-jarvet) as Lear
- [Juozas Budraitis](https://cinepixo.com/people/juozas-budraitis) as King of France
- [Aleksandr Vokach](https://cinepixo.com/people/aleksandr-vokach) as Cornwall
- [Galina Volchek](https://cinepixo.com/people/galina-volchek) as Regan
- [Valentina Shendrikova](https://cinepixo.com/people/valentina-shendrikova) as Cordelia
- [Elza Radziņa](https://cinepixo.com/people/elza-radzina) as Goneril
- [Vladimir Yemelyanov](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladimir-yemelyanov) as Kent
- [Leonhard Merzin](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonhard-merzin) as Edgar
- [Kārlis Sebris](https://cinepixo.com/people/karlis-sebris) as Gloucester
- [Regimantas Adomaitis](https://cinepixo.com/people/regimantas-adomaitis) as Edmund

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