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  • Wintermärchen, Das (1972 Film)

    aka: Wintermaerchen, Das Winter’s Tale, The

    Director
    Kurt Weiler

    Puppet animation film based on Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale. Directed by Kurt Weiler and narrated by Elsa Grube-Deister.

  • König Richard II (1972 Television)

    aka: Koenig Richard Ii King Richard II

    Director
    Margot Thyret; Fritz Bennewitz

    A German television production of Richard II staged by Fritz Bennewitz and directed for television by Margot Thyret. Manfred Heine is Richard.

  • Tod der Maria Malibran, Der (1971 Film, Television)

    aka: Death of Maria Malibran

    Director
    Werner Schroeter

    Experimental, non-narrative made-for-television film based on the true story of the death on stage of the 19th-century mezzo-soprano diva Maria Malibran. Most of the film is framed in tableaux with women...

  • König Lear (1971 Television)

    aka: Koenig Lear King Lear

    Director
    Friedo Solter

    German television production of King Lear directed by Friedo Solter with Wolfgang Heinz as Lear.

  • König Johann (1971 Television)

    aka: Koenig Johann King John

    Director
    Oswald Döpke

    Friedrich Dürrenmatt’s re-working of Shakespeare’s play directed by Oswald Döpke at the Thalia Theatre, Hamburg in 1969/1970. Hans Korte is King John.

  • Macbeth (1971 Television)

    Director
    Werner Schroeter

    A reworking of Verdi’s opera and Shakespeare’s play directed by Werner Schroeter. Musical arrangement by Horst Franke and Hans Schepior.

  • Viel Getu’ Um Nichts (1971 Television)

    aka: Much Ado About Nothing

    Director
    Fritz Umgelter

    German television production of Much Ado About Nothing directed by Fritz Umgelter. Ulli Philipp is Beatrice and Volkert Kraeft is Benedick.

  • Macbeth Oper von Rosa von Praunheim (1971 Television)

    Director
    Rosa von Praunheim
    Producer
    Josef Anweiler

    Film director and gay rights activist von Praunheim was given 40 000 Deutsche Mark by the West German public broadcasting station WDR to produce a television opera. Von Praunheim’s operatic take on Macbeth...

  • Bildnis des Dorian Gray, Das (1970 Film)

    aka: Dorian Gray Picture of Dorian Gray, The

    Director
    Massimo Dallamano
    Producer
    Harry Alan Towers

    Feature film adapted from the novel by Oscar Wilde but conceived as a sexploitation film and moral statement on London decadence in the 1960s. Self-absorbed and beautiful Dorian Gray (Berger) falls in love...

  • Lustigen Weiber von Windsor, Die (1970 Television)

    aka: Merry Wives of Windsor, The

    Director
    Alexander Golling

    A production, for German television, of The Merry Wives of Windsor directed by Alexander Golling with Golling playing the role of Falstaff.