King Lear

Synopsis: A video recording of King Lear directed by Robert Sturua and translated into Georgian by Sturua, C. Tcharkviani and L. Popkhadze. Ramaz Tchkhikvadze as Lear.
Language: Georgian
Country: United States
Medium: Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Recording date: Apr 1990
Duration: 120 mins

Reviews: Gussow, Mel. ‘Soviet Georgians’ ‘Essential ‘Lear’
New York Times (April 4, 1990)

Ramaz Tchkhikvadze	Lear
Marina Kakhiani	Cordelia
Avtandil Makharadze	Earl of Gloucester
Zhanri Lolashvili	Fool
Tengiz Ghiorgadze	Edgar, later disguised as Tom o’Bedlam
Daredjan Kharshiladze	Regan
David Papuashvili	Oswald
Djemal Ghaghanidze	Duke of Albany
Ghia Dznelade	Edmund
Guram Sagharadze	Duke of Burgundy
Ivan Ghoghitidze	Duke of Cornwall
Mourman Djinoria	Earl of Kent
Revaz Tchkhaidze	Doctor
Soso Laghidze	King of France
Tatuli Dolidze	Goneril

British Universities Film & Video Council