Jüri Järvet

King Lear

Galina Volchek

Regan

Elza Radzina

Goneril

Valentina Shendrikova

Cordelia

Oleg Dal

Fool

Donatas Banionis

Albany

Regimantas Adomaitis

Edmund

Aleksandr Vokach

Cornwall

Aleksey Petrenko

Oswald

Juozas Budraitis

King of France

Karlis Sebris

Gloster

Vladimir Yemelyanov

Kent

Leonhard Merzin

Edgar

Roman Gromadskiy

Gloster's Servant

Zinoviy Gerdt

King Lear (voice)

Grigori Gaj

Gloster (voice)

Emmanuil Vitorgan

Edgar (voice) / Messenger (uncredited)

Aleksandr Demyanenko

Albany (voice)

Nikolay Kuzmin

Ants Lauter