Korolʹ Lir = King Lear /

Король Лир = King Lear /

A dramatization of William Shakespeare's play in which tragedy occurs when an old king prematurely divides his kingdom among his daughters in the vain hope that they will care for him in his old age.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Kozint︠s︡ev, Grigoriĭ (Screenwriter), Järvet, Jüri, 1919-1995 (Actor), Radziņa, Elza, 1917-2005 (Actor), Volchek, Galina, 1933-2019 (Actor), Shendrikova, Valentina, 1945- (Actor), Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich, 1890-1960 (Translator), Sellars, Peter (interviewee (expression)), Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	Russian
Language Notes:	In Russian with optional English subtitles.
Published:	Chicago, Ill. : Facets Video, [2007]
Edition:	Widescreen presentation.
Subjects:	Lear, > King of England (Legendary character) > Drama. Britons > Kings and rulers > Drama. Fathers and daughters > Drama. Lear, > King of England (Legendary character) King Lear (Shakespeare, William) Britons > Kings and rulers. Fathers and daughters. Film adaptations. Fiction films. Feature films. Foreign films. Motion pictures, Russian. Drama.

Description
Summary:	A dramatization of William Shakespeare's play in which tragedy occurs when an old king prematurely divides his kingdom among his daughters in the vain hope that they will care for him in his old age.
Item Description:	Based on a translation of Shakespeare's King Lear by Boris Pasternak. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1971. Special features: Peter Sellars on Grigori Kozintsev (65 min.) ; Facets Cine-Notes booklet. Videorecording.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (132 min.) : sound, black & white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (15 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.)
Format:	DVD video, all regions, NTSC.
Production Credits:	Cinematography, Ionus Gritsius ; music, Dmitry Shostakovich ; sound, E. Vanunts ; Leningrad State Philharmonic Orchestra conductors, D. Dalgat, N. Rabinowitz ; editor, Y. Makhankova.
ISBN:	1565805984 9781565805989