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King Lear (1971 Soviet film)

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King Lear
Film poster
Directed byGrigori Kozintsev
Written byGrigori Kozintsev
William Shakespeare (play)
Boris Pasternak (Russian translation, 1919)
StarringJüri Järvet
Elza Radzina
Galina Volchek
CinematographyJonas Gricius
Edited byYe. Makhankova
Music byDmitri Shostakovich
Production
company
Release date
8 February 1971 (Soviet Union)
Running time
130 minutes
CountrySoviet Union
LanguageRussian

King Lear (Russian: Король Лир) is a 1971 Soviet film directed by Grigori Kozintsev, based on William Shakespeare's play King Lear. The Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich composed the score.

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