Was ihr Wollt

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 BodensteinViola (later disguised as Cesario)
Johanna ClasOlivia
Gerry WolffOrsino, Duke of Illyria
Hannjo HasseMalvolio
Heinrich ButtchereitFeste
Atila Kilic 
Axel Triebel 
Dieter Franke 
Erich Haußmann 
Fredy Barten 
Günter NaumannAntonio
Günter SchmidtSebastian
Günther SimonSir Toby Belch
Nico Turoff 
Siegfried KilianSir Andrew Aguecheek
Ursula KarusseitMaria

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
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Phone
+49 (0)331 58 12-0
Fax
+49 (0)331 58 12-199
Address
Marlene-Dietrich-Allee 20
Potsdam
14482

How to cite this record

Shakespeare, "Was ihr Wollt". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av68464 (Accessed 26 Nov 2024)