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Presents Shakespeare's tragedy of the fall of a king and father. Elicits the themes of sanity and madness, authority and obedience, devotion and ingratitude.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Lenfilʹm, Sovėksportfilʹm (Firm), Nostalgia Family Video (Firm)
Other Authors: Kozint︠s︡ev, Grigoriĭ, Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich, 1890-1960, Järvet, Jüri, 1919-1995, Radziņa, Elza, 1917-2005, Shendrikova, Valentina, Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Format: Video VHS
Language:Russian
Language Notes:In Russian with English subtitles.
Published: Baker City, OR : Nostalgia Family Video, [1996]
Subjects:
Foreign films.
Motion pictures, Russian.
Feature films.
Description
Summary:Presents Shakespeare's tragedy of the fall of a king and father. Elicits the themes of sanity and madness, authority and obedience, devotion and ingratitude.
Item Description:Originally released as a motion picture in 1970.
Based on: King Lear / William Shakespeare ; translated by Boris Pasternak.
A foreign film (Soviet Union).
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videocassette (approximately 140 min.) : sound, black and white ; 1/2 in.
Format:VHS.
Production Credits:Photography, Jonas Gricius ; music, Dmitry Shostakovich.