Viel Lärm um Nichts

Alternative title
Viel Laerm um Nichts Much Ado About Nothing
Synopsis
A DEFA feature film production of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing directed by Martin Hellberg. With Christel Bodenstein as Beatrice and Rolf Ludwig as Benedick. The film includes several ballet interludes.
Language
German (Standard)
Country
Germany
Medium
Film
Technical information
Colour / Sound
Year of release
1964
Duration
103 mins; 2775 m feet

Credits

Director
Eva Seemann; Martin Hellberg
Producer
Adolf Fischer
Cinematographer
Erwin Anders
Writer
William Shakespeare
Editor
Ursula Rudzki
Screenplay
Martin Hellberg
Music
Wilhelm Neef
Costume
Gerhard Kaddatz
Art Direction
Hans-Joerg Mirr
Contributor
Dieter Wolf
Cast
Christel BodensteinBeatrice
Rolf LudwigBenedick
Arno WyzniewskiClaudio
Wilfried OrtmannDon Pedro
Gerhard BienertDogberry
Carl BalhausAntonio
Claus Schulz 
Eberhardt WintzenWatchman (2)
Edwin MarianBorachio
Ekkehard HahnBalthasar
Fred DelmareWatchman (1)
Friedrich TeitgeServant
Gerhard RacholdDon John
Hans FeldnerCitizen
Hans-Joachim Engelmann 
Hans-Joern Weber 
Heidi OrtnerUrsula
Horst KubeConrade
Ingrid MichalkMargaret
Joe SchornServant
Martin FlörchingerLeonato
Peter DommischSexton
Rudolf UlrichVerges
Ursula KörbsHero
Willi SchwabeFriar Francis
Wolf GoettePrologue

Additional Details

Production type
Fiction Films
Plays
Much Ado About Nothing
Subjects
Dance; Drama
Keywords
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Notes
Originally filmed on 35 mm.
General
This was Hellberg’s fifteenth film and his fifth filmic adaptation of a literature classic.
History
Premiered on 23/04/1964.
Reviews
Source: DEFA-Filmstiftung film database at http://www.defa-stiftung.de/cms/(S(eq1gvh55j0dw4u55vvegn4b5))/filme (accessed 10/2008)

Production Company

Name

DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme

Distributor

Name

Progress Film-Verleih

Email
info@progress-film.de
Web
http://www.progress-film.de External site opens in new window
Phone
+49 30 24003-451
Fax
+49 30 24003-459
Address
Immanuelkirchstr. 14b
Berlin
10405
Germany

Distributor (Sale)

Name

Icestorm Entertainment GmbH

Email
info@icestorm.de
Web
http://www.icestorm.de External site opens in new window
Phone
+49 - 30 - 780 958 - 0
Fax
+49 - 30 - 780 958 - 70
Address
Friedrichstraße 55 A
Berlin
10117

How to cite this record

Shakespeare, "Viel Lärm um Nichts". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av68800 (Accessed 26 Nov 2024)