Shakespeare in Performance: Film
Dvenadtsataia noch. [Twelfth Night, or What You Will] (1955, Yakov Fried)
| Title | Dvenadtsataia noch. [Twelfth Night, or What You Will] |
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| Year | 1955 |
| Release Locations | USSR |
| Director | Yakov Fried |
| Medium | Color video |
| Length | 1 hrs, 30 mins |
| Languages | English |
| Audience | college and university high school |
| Play Connections | Twelfth Night (adaptation) |
Description
A "Russianized" version of Twelfth Night with elaborate sets, costumes and sweeping vistas of the coast line. It is culture shock to hear an Elizabethan ballad sung as though the vocalist were a strolling troubadour at the local Russian Tea Room. What the film lacks in faithfulness to the Elizabethan World Picture, it more than compensates for, however, with its rollicking energy and honest enthusiasm for the subject
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
Production Team and Crew Overview
| Director | Yakov Fried |
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| Editor | G. Schirkin |
| Composer | A. Zhivotov |
| Screenplay | Yakov Fried |
| Sound | B. Hutorianski |
| Photography | K. Ryjow |
| Production | S. Malkin |
| Set | I. Snoinow |
| Other | E. Shapiro |
Company Overview
| Producer | Lenfilm |
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Production information courtesy of: Kenneth Rothwell