King Lear

Folger bibliographic ID: 265136
Folger call number: DVD 232
Folger holdings ID: 350750

A dramatization of William Shakespeare's play in which tragedy occurs when an old king prematurely divides his kingdom between his daughters in the vain hope that they will care for him in his old age

General notes

Title from container Based on a translation of Shakespeare's King Lear by Boris Pasternak Originally released as a motion picture in 1970 Videodisc issued as part of Kozintsev Collection boxset: DV94669 Special features include: Peter Sellars on King Lear (onscreen introduction); Facets Cine-Notes booklet DVD ; region 0 ; PAL In Russian with English subtitles

Cast

Yuri Yarvet (King Lear), Elsa Radzin, Galina Vochek, Valentina Shendrikova (Cordelia), Oleg Dal

Credits

Cinematography, Yonus Gritsius ; music, Dmitry Shostakovich

Item information about Folger DVD 232

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Extended title: King Lear screen version and direction, Grigori Kozintsev
Alternate titles: Grigori Kozintsev's King LearKing Lear, Grigori Kozintsev's Hamlet and King Lear

Lear, King of England (Legendary character) Britons Fathers and daughters

subject: Lear, King of England (Legendary character)
associated with: Kozint︠s︡ev, Grigoriĭ Mikhaĭlovich
associated with: Järvet, Jüri, 1919-1995
associated with: Radziņa, Elza, 1917-2005
associated with: Volchek, Galina, 1933-
associated with: Shendrikova, Valentina, 1945-
associated with: Dalʹ, Oleg, 1941-1981
associated with: Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich, 1890-1960
associated with: Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975
associated with: Lenfilʹm
associated with: Facets Video (Firm)