King Lear
"Jealous love leads to destruction."
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
William Shakespeare Junior the Fifth
Burgess Meredith
Don Learo
Julie Delpy
Virginia
Leos Carax
Edgar
Molly Ringwald
Cordelia
Jean-Luc Godard
Professor Pluggy
Woody Allen
Mr. Alien (uncredited)
Freddy Buache
Professor Quentin Kozintsev (uncredited)
Menahem Golan
Self (voice) (uncredited)
Suzanne Lanza
(uncredited)
Kate Mailer
Self (uncredited)
Norman Mailer
Self (uncredited)
Michèle Pétin
Journalist (uncredited)
Crew
Jean-Luc Godard
Writer
Jean-Luc Godard
Director
Peter Sellars
Writer
Norman Mailer
Writer
Jean-Luc Godard
Editor
Sophie Maintigneux
Director of Photography
Ludwig van Beethoven
Music
Johann Sebastian Bach
Music
Yoram Globus
Producer
Menahem Golan
Producer
Tom Luddy
Associate Producer
William Shakespeare
Theatre Play
Richard Debuisne
Writer
Jean-Luc Godard
Executive Producer
Jon Turtle
Finance
Hervé Duhamel
Assistant Director
Stanley B. Gill
Sound Recordist
François Musy
Sound
Alex Aurichio
Assistant Camera
Jim Denny
Gaffer
Omneya 'Nini' Mazen
Post Production Coordinator