SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

Produced for German television station ZDF, director Petr Weigl’s screen interpretation of Shostakovich’s opera is based on an abbreviated version of the Rostropovich/Vishnevskaya recording with the London Philharmonic that is used as the soundtrack for the operatic film, with lip-synching Czech performers providing the visual dimension.

Language

Russian

Country

Germany

Medium

Television; Video

Technical information

Colour / Sound

Year of release

1999

Transmission details

7 Mar 1993 (Channel: ZDF)

Duration

95 mins

Credits

Director

Petr Weigl

Writer

Alexander Preis; Nikolai Leskov

Music

Dmitri Shostakovich

Contributor

Mstislav Rostropovich

Cast

Marketa Hrubesova	Katerina (Lady Macbeth)
Aage Haugland	Voice of sergeant
Alexander Malta	Voice of old convict
Birgit Finnilae	Voice of Sonetka
Colin Appleton	Voice of coachman
David Beavan	Voice of sentry
Dimiter Petkov	Voice of Boris
Eva Slosarova	Aksinya
Jan Skopecek	Miller
Jan Vlasak	Police inspector
Jiri Pomeje	Coachman
Karel Hlusicka	Sentry
Leonard Mroz	Voice of priest
Leslie Fyson	Voice of miller
Michal Dlouhy	Sergey
Miroslav Moravec	Priest
Nicolai Gedda	Voice of Sergey
Oliver Broome	Voice of police inspector
Petr Hanicinec	Boris
Premysl Koci	Old convict
Robert Tear	Voice of shabby peasant
Sona Valentova	Sonetka
Stanislav Zindulka	Shabby peasant
Steven Emmerson	Voice of servant
Taru Valjakka	Voice of Aksinya
Tomas Valik	Sergant
Vaclav Neckar	Zinovy
Vaclav Sloup	Servant
Werner Krenn	Voice of Zinovy

Additional Details

Production type

Operas and Musicals

Plays

Macbeth

Subjects

Music

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Notes

Commercially available on DVD (produced by Image Entertainment in 1999).

Textual information

Based on the novella of the same title, written by Nikolai Leskov.

Production Company

Name

TV 2000 Wiesbaden

Sponsor

Name

ZDF

Notes

See: Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen