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Directed by | Grigori Kozintsev |
Written by |
Grigori Kozintsev William Shakespeare (play) Boris Pasternak (Russian translation, 1919) |
Starring |
Jüri Järvet Elza Radzina Galina Volchek |
Music by | Dmitri Shostakovich |
Cinematography | Jonas Gricius |
Edited by | Ye. Makhankova |
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Release date
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8 February 1971 (Soviet Union) |
Running time
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130 minutes |
Country | Soviet Union |
Language | Russian |
King Lear (Russian: Король Лир, translit. Korol Lir) is a 1971 Soviet drama film directed by Grigori Kozintsev, based on William Shakespeare's play King Lear. The Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich composed the score.