SHAKESPEARE

Alternative title

Twelfth Night

Synopsis

Russian adaptation of the play. Katya Luchko is Viola.

Language

Russian

Country

Former USSR

Medium

Film

Technical information

Colour / Sound

Year of release

1955

Duration

90 mins

Credits

Director

Yan Fried

Producer

Yan Fried

Cinematographer

Yevgeni Shapiro

Writer

William Shakespeare

Screenplay

Yan Fried

Music

A. Zhivotov

Art Direction

S. Malkin

Cast

Katya Luchko	Viola (later disguised as Cesario)
V Medvediev	Orsino, Duke of Illyria
Vasili Merkuryev	Malvolio
Bruno Frejndlikh	Feste
Alla Larionova
Anna Lisyanskaya	Maria
Georgi Vitsin	Sir Andrew Aguecheek
Katya Luchko	Sebastian
Mikhail Yanshin	Sir Toby Belch
Sergei Filippov	Fabian

Additional Details

Production type

Fiction Films

Historical period

Medieval

Plays

Twelfth Night

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

cinema; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Doubling of roles

Notes

Notes

The Folger Shakespeare Library holds a photocopy of dialogue script, Russian and English in parallel columns.

Available on DVD from russlovo.com NTSC only (11/2007).

Spoken in Russian with English sub-titles.

Reviews

A.H. Weiler, New York Times (March 5 1956). "...Conversely, this Twelfth Night is firmly planted in the 16th century, and thus looks as though it was staged by librarians rather than filmmakers" User comment IMDb.

Production Company

Name

Lenfilm

Archive

Name

Birmingham Shakespeare Library

Email

arts.library@birmingham.gov.uk

Web

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Phone

0121 303 4227

Fax

0121 464 1005

Address

Birmingham Central Library
Arts Language and Literature
Chamberlain Square
BIRMINGHAM
B3 3HQ
United Kingdom

Name

Folger Shakespeare Library

Email

reference@folger.edu

Web

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Phone

(202) 544 4600

Fax

(202) 544 4623

Address

201 East Capitol Street, SE
Washington
DC 20003
USA

Distributor (Hire)

Name

BFI Film Bookings Unit

Email

bookings.films@bfi.org.uk

Web

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Phone

020 7957 8938 / 8935

Address

21 Stephen Street
London
W1T 1LN

Online Retailer

Name

russlovo.com

Email

order@russlovo.com

Web

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Phone

1-718-680-4787

Address

Sunset Station
Brooklyn
New York 11220
USA