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"King Lear"
1969
Directed by Grigori Kozintsev

One of the truly great Soviet films, and possibly the greatest adaptation of Shakespeare to the screen.  Sir Laurence Olivier, himself, saw brilliance in Grigori Kozintsev's epic adaptation, shot in Lithuania.  With a screenplay by Boris Pasternak, and, the music of Shostakovich. Black and white. Russian with English subtitles.  140 minutes.