King Lear, old and tired, divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their protestations of love for him. When Cordelia, youngest and most honest, refuses to idly flatter the old man in return for favor, he banishes her and turns for support to his remaining daughters. But Goneril and Regan have no love for him and instead plot to take all his power from him. In a parallel, Lear's loyal courtier Gloucester favors his illegitimate son Edmund after being told lies about his faithful son Edgar. Madness and tragedy befall both ill-starred fathers.
Jüri Järvet
as King Lear
Галина Волчек
as Regan
Elza Radziņa
as Goneril
Valentina Shendrikova
as Cordelia
Олег Даль
as Fool
Donatas Banionis
as Albany
Regimantas Adomaitis
as Edmund
Александр Вокач
as Cornwall
Алексей Петренко
as Oswald
Juozas Budraitis
as King of France
Karlis Sebris
as Gloster
Владимир Емельянов
as Kent
