SHAKESPEARE

Alternative title

Wie Waers mit Shakespeare? Balthasar im Stau und Andere Bewegte Geschichten

Synopsis

Television sketch. Fourth of four 15-minute installments featuring German actor Heinz Rühmann as a taxi driver in different countries. In the Shakespeare episode an American couple intends to visit the Shakespeare festival in Stratford-upon-Avon. An eccentric English taxi driver (Heinz Rühmann) takes them to Barclay Manor instead where they meet Count Hugh Barclay (Rühmann) and the ghost of Sir Archibald Barclay (also played by Rühmann).

Language

German (Standard)

Country

Germany

Medium

Television; Video

Transmission details

4 Mar 1979 (Channel: ZDF)

Duration

60 mins

Credits

Director

Rudolf Jugert

Producer

Gyula Trebitsch; Karl Jobrig

Cinematographer

Gero Erhardt

Screenplay

Jon Watkins; Tony Bilbow; Werner Jörg Lüddecke

Cast

Alexander Hegarth	Mr Cooper
Heinz Rühmann	Charles Barclay
Heinz Rühmann	Ghost of Sir Archibald Barclay
Heinz Rühmann	Porter
Heinz Rühmann	Count Hugh Barclay
Heinz Rühmann	Taxi Driver
Ursula Dirichs	Mrs Cooper

Additional Details

Production type

Sitcoms/Variety

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Notes

A DVD (in German only) containing all four episodes of the Heinz Rühmann specials has been made commercially available by Polar Film in 2006.

History

Produced in 1978 for the ZDF.

Production Company

Name

Gyula Trebitsch Produktion KG

Name

Polyphon Film-und Fernsehgesellschaft

Sponsor

Name

ZDF

Notes

See: Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen

Distributor (Sale)

Name

Polar Film + Medien GmbH

Email

info@polarfilm.de

Web

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

Phone

+49 (0) 25 42 - 95 13 13

Fax

+49 (0) 25 42 - 95 13 95

Address

Schildarpstraße 10
Gescher
D-48712
Germany