SHAKESPEARE

Alternative title

Sisi at Gödöllö Castle

Synopsis

Feature film depicting a few hours of the life of Empress Elisabeth (1837-1898). Residing at the Hungarian castle Gödöllö in the company of actors, gypsies, and Siamese twins, Elisabeth (Ursula Ofner)decides to stage her favourite play: Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The celebration gets out of kilter and Elisabeth’s midsummer night’s dream turns into a bizarre nightmare.

Language

German (Standard)

Country

Austria

Medium

Film

Technical information

Colour / Sound

Duration

40 mins

Availability

No archive copy or non-theatric distributor found (11/2008)

Credits

Producer

Christian Frosch; Jost Hering

Cinematographer

Johannes Hammel

Writer

Christian Frosch

Music

Michael Palm

Costume

Alfred Mayerhofer

Art Direction

Michaela Pedratscher

Cast

Gerald Schubert
Haymon Maria Buttinger
Hjalmar Este
Newton. Lauren
Ursual Ofner	Empress Elisabeth

Additional Details

Production type

Fiction Films

Plays

Midsummer Night’s Dream, A

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Amateur theatre

Notes

Reviews

'In Sisi at Gödöllö Castle, Christian Frosch lustfully takes apart not only the empress and Heimatkino (Homeland Film), but also knows how to surprise one with the artful use of colour, music and mimicry. Ursula Ofner plays the decadent ruler with wonderful self-exaggeration - on a background of green and orange, black and blood red. A symmetrical Heimat operetta full of self irony, which takes its colour key from a Dürer Madonna, and is choreographed to every kind of bodily fluid.' (Stefan Grissemann, Sixpack Film)

Source: Austrian Independent Film and Video Database at www.filmvideao.at (accessed 11/2008).

Production Company

Name

Jost Hering Film Production

Distributor

Name

Sixpackfilm

Email

office@sixpackfilm.com

Web

http://www.sixpackfilm.com External site opens in new window

Phone

+43/1/526 09 90

Fax

+43/1/526 09 92

Address

Neubaugasse 45/13
Vienna
1070
Austria