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A Midsummer Night's Dream is a British film of genre Comedy directed by Peter Hall with Ian Holm
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1968)
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Directed by Peter Hall
OriginUnited-kingdom
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Théâtre, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare
Rating64%
A Midsummer Night's Dream is a 1968 film of William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream, directed by Peter Hall. It was the first live-action color film version of the play, unless one counts the 1959 Czechoslovak animated puppet film directed by Jiří Trnka; and the 1967 film version of the New York City Ballet George Balanchine adaptation.
It stars Derek Godfrey as Theseus, Barbara Jefford as Hippolyta, Diana Rigg as Helena, Helen Mirren as Hermia, Ian Holm as Puck, Ian Richardson as King Oberon, Judi Dench as Queen Titania, and Paul Rogers as Bottom, as well as other members of the Royal Shakespeare Company.
The film premiered in theatres in Europe in September 1968. In the U.S., it was sold directly to television rather than playing in theatres, and premiered as a Sunday evening special, on the night of February 9, 1969. It was shown on CBS (with commercials).
The film runs a little more than two full hours and is quite faithful to the play, with few unusual gimmicks, except for all the fairies wearing green body paint. They do not appear or disappear gradually as in the black-and-white 1935 Hollywood version of the play; instead, they literally pop in and out.
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Plusieurs couples nouent et dénouent des liens amoureux, victimes en cela de malicieux êtres surnaturels qui vivent dans une forêt.Actors
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