Gemelos Alborotados, Los
- Synopsis
- Feature film work re-working The Comedy of Errors in the ‘ranchera’ genre, the Mexican version of the ‘singing cowboy’ film. Set in a rural Mexican town the film is ‘A relatively faithful transposition...The adaptation deftly adapts many of Shakespeare’s plot points, motifs and minor characters [Lanier, op cit].
- Language
- Spanish (Mexico)
- Country
- Mexico
- Medium
- Film
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Year of release
- 1982
- Duration
- 85 mins
Credits
- Director
- Mario Hernandez
- Cast
Antonio Aguilar Antipholus of Ephesus Antonio Aguilar Antipholus of Syracuse Antonio Aguilar Ernesto Gomez Cruz Isabela Corona Lucila Mariscal
Additional Details
- Production type
- Fiction Films
- Plays
- Comedy of Errors, The
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Doubling of roles
Notes
- History
- Not released theatrically in the US.
- Reviews
- Lanier, Douglas ‘Film spin-offs and Citations’ in Burt, Richard (ed). Shakespeares After Shakespeares: an Encyclopedia of the Bard in Mass Media and Popular Culture. 2 vols. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2006. (p. 145, entry 588).
Production Company
Archive
- Name
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting & Recorded Sound Division
- Web
- http://catalog.loc.gov/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- (20) 707-8572
- Fax
- (20) 707-237’1
- Address
- Motion Picture & Television Reading Room
James Madison Building, LM 336
101 Independence Avenue, SE
Washington, D.C.
20540-4690
United States
Online Retailer
- Name
amazon.com
- Web
- http://www.amazon.com External site opens in new window
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Gemelos Alborotados, Los". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av67701 (Accessed 26 Nov 2024)