Viola und Sebastian

Alternative title
Was ihr Wollt Twelfth Night
Synopsis
Feature film. Modernised version of Twelfth Night set in the high living, pot smoking environment of a pop group in the seventies. The cast find themselves in a marshy region along the North Sea known as Slesvick. Duke Orsino is a dejected land-baron and Olivia a vacationing young widow.
Language
German (Standard)
Country
Germany
Medium
Film
Technical information
Colour / Sound
Year of release
1972
Duration
93 mins; 2538 m feet

Credits

Director
Ottokar Runze
Producer
Ottokar Runze
Cinematographer
Horst Schier
Writer
William Shakespeare
Screenplay
Ottokar Runze
Music
Frank Duval
Cast
Karin HübnerViola (later disguised as Cesario)
Inken SommerOlivia
Michael J. BoyleOrsino, Duke of Illyria
Theo BrandingMalvolio
Dieter SchönemannAntonio
Frank GlaubrechtSebastian
Gottfried KramerSir Andrew Aguecheek
Herbert StassWaiter
Horst PönichenFabian
Renate SchubertMaria
Uwe DallmeierSir Toby Belch

Additional Details

Production type
Fiction Films
Historical period
1970s
Plays
Twelfth Night
Subjects
Drama
Keywords
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

History
Premiered on 28/12/1972.
Reviews
Review: Spiegel, No 14, 2 April 1973
Source: Deutsche Kinemathek Film Archive

Production Company

Name

Wilmar R. Guertler und Ottokar Runze Filmproduktion

Address
Berlin
Germany

Archive

Name

Deutsche Kinemathek

Email
filmverleih@deutsche-kinemathek.de
Web
http://www.filmmuseum-berlin.de/ External site opens in new window
Phone
+49-30-300 903-31
Fax
+49-30-300 903-13
Address
Museum für Film und Fernsehen
Potsdamer Straße 2
Berlin
10785
Germany

Distributor

Name

Kinowelt International

Email
filmverlag@kinowelt.de
Web
http://www.kinowelt-international.de/ External site opens in new window
Phone
+49-341-355 96-0
Fax
+49-341-355 96-419
Address
World Sales, Main Office Leipzig
Karl-Tauchnitz-Str. 10
Leipzig
04107
Germany

How to cite this record

Shakespeare, "Viola und Sebastian". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av68804 (Accessed 26 Nov 2024)