SHAKESPEARE

Alternative title

Twelfth Night

Synopsis

A made-for-television version of Shakespeare’s play directed by Lothar Bellag and Hanna Georgi. With Christel Bodenstein as Viola and Johanna Clas as Olivia. The music is composed by Wolfgang Pietsch.

Language

German (Standard)

Country

Germany

Medium

Television

Transmission details

1 Jan 1964 at 20:00 (Channel: DFF/DDR-1)

Duration

91 mins

Credits

Director

Hanna Georgi; Lothar Bellag

Producer

Rudolf Kobosil

Cinematographer

Karl Plintzner

Writer

William Shakespeare

Editor

Lena Neumann

Screenplay

Lothar Bellag

Music

Wolfgang Pietsch

Production Design

Alfred Tolle

Costume

Lydia Fiege

Contributor

Guenter Dallorso; Lothar Rückert

Cast

Christel Bodenstein	Viola (later disguised as Cesario)
Johanna Clas	Olivia
Gerry Wolff	Orsino, Duke of Illyria
Hannjo Hasse	Malvolio
Heinrich Buttchereit	Feste
Atila Kilic
Axel Triebel
Dieter Franke
Erich Haußmann
Fredy Barten
Günter Naumann	Antonio
Günter Schmidt	Sebastian
Günther Simon	Sir Toby Belch
Nico Turoff
Siegfried Kilian	Sir Andrew Aguecheek
Ursula Karusseit	Maria

Additional Details

Production type

Television and Radio Drama

Plays

Twelfth Night

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Notes

The German Broadcasting Archive (DRA) in Babelsberg holds the original 35 mm film version (91 mins) as well as a VHS copy with timecode (89 mins).

History

Produced by the DEFA-Studio for the Deutsche Fernsehfunk.

Textual information

Based on the translation by August Wilhelm Schlegel.

Reviews

www.filmportal.de (accessed 7/2007)

Production Company

Name

DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme

Sponsor

Name

Deutscher Fernsehfunk

Archive

Name

Deutsches Rundfunkarchiv (DRA) Babelsberg

Contact

info@dra.de

Email

sekretariat@dra.de

Web

http://www.dra.de External site opens in new window

Phone

+49 (0)331 58 12-0

Fax

+49 (0)331 58 12-199

Address

Marlene-Dietrich-Allee 20
Potsdam
14482