Shakespeare in Performance: Film
Ein Sommernachtsstraum: En heiteres Fastnachtsspiel (1925, Hans Neumann)
| Title | Ein Sommernachtsstraum: En heiteres Fastnachtsspiel |
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| Year | 1925 |
| Release Locations | Germany |
| Director | Hans Neumann |
| Medium | Black & white video |
| Length | 50 mins |
| Play Connections | A Midsummer Night's Dream (derivative) |
Description
The Berlin censors forbade children to see this one. The German filmmakers were way ahead of their times in their eagerness to deconstruct the Shakespearean text. Werner Krauss, famous for his role as Dr. Caligari as well as for his Iago with Emil Jannings in Othello, appears as Bottom
Description from Shakespeare on Screen : an International Filmography and Videography by Kenneth S. Rothwell and Annabelle Henkin Melzer. ©1990 Kenneth S. Rothwell. Cited by permission. — Added 2008-11-14
Cast Overview
| Theseus | Theodor Becker |
|---|---|
| Hippolyta | Ruth Weyher |
| Bottom | Werner Krauss |
Production Team and Crew Overview
| Director | Hans Neumann |
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Production information courtesy of: Kenneth Rothwell