SHAKESPEARE

Alternative title

Shine, Star, Shine!

Synopsis

Feature film. A heroic comic fantasy about an artist’s destiny at the tumultuous time of social transformation three years after the October Revolution. In a town square, a solo-performance based on Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar is being performed. This inspires the film’s hero, Iskremas, who takes the pseudonym ‘Revarm’ (Revolutionary Art for the Masses) to travel through south Russia in a small wagon. From his moving stage he tries to convert people to the causes of the revolution through renditions of Shakespeare’s plays and verse.

Language

Russian

Country

Former USSR

Medium

Film

Technical information

Colour / Sound

Year of release

1969

Duration

96 mins

Credits

Director

Alexander Mitta

Cinematographer

Yuri Sokol

Screenplay

Alexander Mitta; Valery Frid; Yuli Dunsky

Music

Boris Tchaikovsky

Cast

Oleg Tabakov	Iskremas
Yelena Proklova	Kryssja

Additional Details

Production type

Fiction Films

Plays

Julius Caesar

Keywords

politics; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Travelling players

Notes

Notes

DVD subtitles in English, German, French, Spanish and Italian.

Production Company

Name

Mosfilm

Distributor (Sale)

Name

Progress Film-Verleih

Email

info@progress-film.de

Web

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Phone

+49 30 24003-451

Fax

+49 30 24003-459

Address

Immanuelkirchstr. 14b
Berlin
10405
Germany

Online Retailer

Name

ruscico.com

Email

info@ruscico.com

Web

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Phone

+7 (4950 1075700

Fax

+7 (495) 1810572

Address

Russian Cinema Council
S. Eisenstein Street
Moscow 129226
Russia