«King Lear» Director Grigory Kozantsev, USSR, 1971. In the roles of Yuri Yarvette, Elsa Radzin, Oleg Dal and others.
The tragedy of the great British dramatist William Shakespeare, King Lear, was first staged in December 1606 and released in 1608.
There are more than 50 television and film screenings of the play, but Gregory Kozantsev’s film is considered to be one of the deepest in the world’s cinema. The director who had already filmed «Hamlet» approached the Shakespeare text as a large painting of a man’s loneliness in the face of history. He deliberately left the chamber, filming harsh, lifeless landscapes, highlighting the universe’s magnitude.
It is worth noting the great work of Estonian actor Yuri Yarvet as Lear. It creates the image of a powerful, almost titanic character whose fall and vision rock the audience. He goes from a despotic jerk to a broken but aware man. The actor played this role in Estonian, but the duplicate was performed so accurately that the intonations and energy were passed on perfectly.