Ein Sommernachtstraum

Originaltitel: A Midsummer Night's Dream

1935
0
2 Std. 13 Min.

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

6,8/10

4042

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Theseus, Duke of Athens, is going to marry Hyppolyta, Queen of the Amazons. Demetrius is engaged with Hermia, but Hermia loves Lysander. Helena loves Demetrius. Oberon and Titania, of the kingdom of fairies have a slight quarrel about whether or not the boy Titania is raising will join Titania's band or Oberon's, so Oberon tries to get him from her by using some magic. But they're not alone in that forest.Lysander and Hermina have there a rendezvous, Helena and Demetrius are there, too as well as some actors, who are practicing a play for the ongoing wedding of Theseus and Hippolyta. Due to some misunderstandings by Puck, the whole thing becomes a little bit confused...

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Comedy Fantasy Romance

Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuTwo couples and a troupe of actors have an encounter with some mischievous fairies in the forest.Two couples and a troupe of actors have an encounter with some mischievous fairies in the forest.Two couples and a troupe of actors have an encounter with some mischievous fairies in the forest.

Regie
- William Dieterle
- Max Reinhardt
Drehbuch
Hauptbesetzung

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

6,8/10

4042

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Regie
- William Dieterle
- Max Reinhardt
Drehbuch
Hauptbesetzung

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

2 Oscars gewonnen
- 6 Gewinne & 2 Nominierungen insgesamt

Topbesetzung53

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Mickey Rooney in this thing

Though another commentator disagrees, if Rooney is not the greatest Puck you've ever seen, then tell me who is. With all respect to a talented actor, the sad part is that he played his greatest role when he was, what, 14?

The greatest Shakespeare movie of all time, in my opinion. The dazzling cinematography for its age. The fact that they got the mostly American actors to speak the lines properly. That inspired scene with a fairy jazz band. The special "star spangled" effect.

The criticism that scenes are overly long is related to a more modern perception of how long a scene should be, and alas, Shakespeare is mostly unmercifully cut (look at Olivier's last "King Lear"--Branaghs "Hamlet" would be an exception). Shakespeare just wrote long scenes. You woulnd't have Juliet on the balcony just say "I love you, Romeo," and disappear.

jbuck_919
4. Juni 2002
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Wissenswertes
When the forest that Max Reinhardt designed could not be lit properly, cinematographer Hal Mohr thinned the trees slightly, sprayed them with aluminum paint and covered them with cobwebs and tiny metal particles to reflect the light. As a result, he became the first (and only) write-in winner of an Academy Award.

Patzer
Corrective lenses were introduced in the 13th century so they could have been worn in Shakespeare's time.

Zitate
Hermia, in Love with Lysander: [to Helena] How low am I, you painted maypole? Speak! How low am I? I am not yet so low but that my nails can reach into your eyes!

Crazy Credits
The opening credits appear as if they were "trickling down" from the top of the screen.

Alternative Versionen
The original 132-minute roadshow version of this film has been restored, shown on cable, and issued on videocassette and DVD. For many years, though, this film was shown only in its general release version, a 117-minute version painstakingly edited by the studio (so that the cuts would not be noticeable), which shifted the order of some sequences and eliminated others.The 2007 DVD release also restores the Intermission title card, not seen since the film's original roadshow release in 1935, as well as including the overture and exit music.

Verbindungen
Featured in A Dream Comes True (1935)

Soundtracks
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture and Incidental Music
(1826) (uncredited)
Music by Felix Mendelssohn
Adapted by Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Heard throughout the film