Awards : Jüri JÄRVET / Youri YARVET a été consacré meilleur acteur de l’année 1972 par les lecteurs du journal « Sovetsky ecran »
Grand prix et prix de l’interprétation masculine (Jüri JÄRVET /Youri YARVET) au Festival de Téhéran en 1972
Hugo d’Argent au Festival de Chicago en 1972
Médaille d’Or de la Ville de Milan en 1973
This is a screen adaptation of the Shakespeare tragedy. King Lear had three daughters: Goneril, Regan and Cordelia. One day he banished and repudiated his youngest and most loved daughter. But the evil elder sisters betrayed their father and blinded him. Having lost not only his kingdom, but even a plain shelter, the old Lear, accompanied by his loyal jester, had finally seen the light of truth and was reunited with Cordelia who was not afraid to share her father’s fate… Source : www.ruscico.com
