by Grigori Kozintsev · Bach Films · DVD · EAN 3760054383210
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«Le Roi Lear I et II» is the film by Grigori Kozintsev (1971), on DVD.
Adaptation of Shakespeare's tragedy: the elderly King Lear divides his kingdom among his three daughters, but disinherits Cordelia, the only one who is sincere with him. Goneril and Regan, the other two, keep the power and end up expelling him from his castle; Lear loses his mind while betrayals and struggles for the throne follow one another at court.
Original version in Russian with French subtitles; Bach Films edition on two-disc DVD, with a running time of 149 minutes. Released in 1971 and published in this format in 2011.
For film enthusiasts interested in classic Soviet cinema and Shakespeare adaptations.
