Description |
1 videodisc (132 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (15 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm) |
Note |
Based on a translation of Shakespeare's King Lear by Boris Pasternak. |
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DVD release of the 1970 Russian motion picture. |
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Special features include: Peter Sellars on King Lear (onscreen introduction); Facets Cine-Notes booklet. |
Credits |
Cinematography, Yonus Gritsius ; music, Dmitry Shostakovich. |
Cast |
Yuri Yarvet (King Lear), Elsa Radzin, Galina Vochek, Valentina Shendrikova (Cordelia), Oleg Dal. |
Summary |
A dramatization of William Shakespeare's play in which tragedy occurs when an old king prematurely divides his kingdom between his daughters in the vain hope that they will care for him in his old age. |
System Details |
DVD, all regions, widescreen presentation, NTSC. |
Language |
In Russian with optional English subtitles. |
Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
Subject |
Lear, King of England (Legendary character) -- Drama.
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Britons -- Kings and rulers -- Drama.
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Fathers and daughters -- Drama.
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Genre/Form |
Film adaptations.
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Feature films -- Soviet Union.
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Feature films.
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Adaptation -- Feature.
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Added Author |
Kozint͡sev, Grigoriĭ Mikhaĭlovich. Director. Screenwriter.
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I͡Arvet, I͡Uriĭ. Actor.
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Radzini͡a, Elʹza, 1917- Actor.
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Volchek, Galina, 1933-2019. Actor.
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Shendrikova, Valentina, 1945- Actor.
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Dalʹ, Oleg, 1941-1981. Actor.
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Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich, 1890-1960.
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Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
King Lear.
Bibliographic antecedent.
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Lenfilʹm.
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Facets Video (Firm)
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Added Title |
King Lear |
Note |
Title on container and disc label: Grigori Kozintsev's King Lear |
ISBN |
1565805984 |
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9781565805989 |
Standard No. |
736899090524 |
Music No. |
DV86929 Facets Video |
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