Learning on ScreenKing Lear (1971)
- Alternative title
- Korol Lir
- Synopsis
- Feature film based on a translation by Boris Pasternak and scored by Dmitri Shostakovich. Jüri Järvet is Lear. Kozintsev’s Lear ‘goes for the wide anle, depicting how the insanity of one man...brings the entire nation to the brink. The opening panorama- a painfully slow tracking shot of peasants trudging towards Lear’s castle- is one of the great set pieces of Shakespearean cinema’ (The Guardian, 2019).
With English subtitles. - Language
- Russian
- Country
- Former USSR
- Medium
- Film
- Technical information
- Black-and-white / Sound
- Year of release
- 1971
- Year of production
- 1970
- Subjects
- Drama; Shakespeare
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Credits
- Director
- Grigori Kozintsev
- Cinematographer
- Jonas Gritsus
- Writer
- Boris Pasternak; William Shakespeare
- Music
- Dmitri Shostakovich
- Cast
Alexander Vokach Donatas Banionis Elsa Radzin Galina Volchek Karl Sebris Leonhard Merzin Oleg Dal Regimantis Adomaitis Valentina Shendrikova Yüri Järvet
Distribution Formats
- Type
- DVD
- Format
- Region 0 NTSC
- Price
- £12.95
- Availability
- Sale
- Duration/Size
- 139 minutes
- Year
- 2019
- Type
- Film
- Format
- 16mm
Production Company
- Name
Lenfilm
Distributor
Available from retail outlets
Distributor (Hire)
- Name
BFI Film Bookings Unit
- bookings.films@bfi.org.uk
- Web
- http://www.bfi.org.uk/about-bfi/help-faq/film-bookings External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7957 8938 / 8935
- Address
- 21 Stephen Street
London
W1T 1LN
Distributor (Sale)
- Name
Mr Bongo Films
- info@mrbongo.com
- Web
- http://www.mrbongo.com External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 01273 600546
- Fax
- 01273 600578
- Address
- 2nd Floor
24 Old Steine
Brighton
BN1 1EL
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