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Ein Sommernachtstraum

Originaltitel: A Midsummer Night's Dream
  • 1999
  • 6
  • 1 Std. 56 Min.
IMDb-BEWERTUNG
6,4/10
27.804
IHRE BEWERTUNG
Michelle Pfeiffer, Rupert Everett, Calista Flockhart, and Stanley Tucci in Ein Sommernachtstraum (1999)
Lovers' lives are complicated by city law, feuding faerie royalty, and... love.
trailer wiedergeben1:28
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Ein MärchenRomantische KomödieFantasieKomödieRomanze

Das Leben eines Liebespaares wird durch die Gesetze der Stadt und eine Fehde zwischen Mitgliedern des Königshauses der Feen erschwert ... und durch die Liebe.Das Leben eines Liebespaares wird durch die Gesetze der Stadt und eine Fehde zwischen Mitgliedern des Königshauses der Feen erschwert ... und durch die Liebe.Das Leben eines Liebespaares wird durch die Gesetze der Stadt und eine Fehde zwischen Mitgliedern des Königshauses der Feen erschwert ... und durch die Liebe.

  • Regie
    • Michael Hoffman
  • Drehbuch
    • William Shakespeare
    • Michael Hoffman
  • Hauptbesetzung
    • Kevin Kline
    • Michelle Pfeiffer
    • Rupert Everett
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    6,4/10
    27.804
    IHRE BEWERTUNG
    • Regie
      • Michael Hoffman
    • Drehbuch
      • William Shakespeare
      • Michael Hoffman
    • Hauptbesetzung
      • Kevin Kline
      • Michelle Pfeiffer
      • Rupert Everett
    • 252Benutzerrezensionen
    • 84Kritische Rezensionen
    • 61Metascore
  • Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro
    • Auszeichnungen
      • 1 Gewinn & 2 Nominierungen insgesamt

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    Kevin Kline
    Kevin Kline
    • Nick Bottom
    Michelle Pfeiffer
    Michelle Pfeiffer
    • Titania
    Rupert Everett
    Rupert Everett
    • Oberon
    Stanley Tucci
    Stanley Tucci
    • Puck
    Calista Flockhart
    Calista Flockhart
    • Helena
    Anna Friel
    Anna Friel
    • Hermia
    Christian Bale
    Christian Bale
    • Demetrius
    Dominic West
    Dominic West
    • Lysander
    David Strathairn
    David Strathairn
    • Theseus
    Sophie Marceau
    Sophie Marceau
    • Hippolyta
    Roger Rees
    Roger Rees
    • Peter Quince
    Max Wright
    Max Wright
    • Robin Starveling
    Gregory Jbara
    Gregory Jbara
    • Snug
    Bill Irwin
    Bill Irwin
    • Tom Snout
    Sam Rockwell
    Sam Rockwell
    • Francis Flute
    Bernard Hill
    Bernard Hill
    • Egeus
    John Sessions
    John Sessions
    • Philostrate
    Deirdre Harrison
    • Hard-eyed Fairy
    • (as Deirdre A. Harrison)
    • Regie
      • Michael Hoffman
    • Drehbuch
      • William Shakespeare
      • Michael Hoffman
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    9artzau

    DEELIGHTFUL! YES!!

    This is a wonderful film and an excellent version of the classic that was done so very, very well in 1935 and 1968. No, this is not the Royal Shakespeare Company, it's Hollywood but damn good Hollywood. Why? How can canned commercial movie-making compete with the Bard's best? Why does this version make that of the RSC three years before PALE? Well, there's the cast, for one. Stanley Tucci is delightful as a drole erring Puck carrying out the directives of Rupert Everett's pompous Oberon. The delightful Cast of Players, including Rockwell, Irwin, Rees, Wright and (tah-DAH!) Kevin Klein as Bottom. The scenes with the lovelier than lovely Michelle Pfeiffer's Titania are wonderful and poignant. It is delightful to see that gentle erotica can be suggested without nudity or slathering tongues, sucking lips as well as the usual grunts-pants-moans, etc. The lovers are likewise delightful with great, fun-packed performances by Christian Bale's Demetrius and Dominic West's Lysander in complete tune with Anna Fiel's Hermia and Calista Flockhart's Helena. Even David Strathairn's Theseus and Sophie Marceau's Hippolyta are wonderful. The story is moved from Athens Greece to Athens, Italy, at the turn of the 19th century with the lovers escaping on bicycles. Stanley Tucci's confrontation with the bike is a delight. This is a wonderful film with some new twists that depart from but do not detract from the Bard. The bit with Kevin Kline's wife, hard-looking but attractive Heather Parisi, works well with the setting of this fun-filled, joyful presentation.
    10danielhalton

    One Movie Buff's Opinion

    I have seen criticism of this movie saying that the language should have been changed to our post-modern English instead of being the original late-middle/early modern English that Shakespeare used. But those who say that miss the point that what makes these plays so magnificent IS the language that Shakespeare used, and to change it would be to ruin the movie.

    Anyways, the acting is marvelous, as it should be from such a cast as this. Michelle Pfeiffer plays the part of Titania with the utmost perfection. Kevin Kline as Nick Bottom is equally as good, and the two end up having a chemistry that is unmistakable (even if he is an ass at this point).

    The directing is also great - almost as good as the acting, if not as good. Costumes, sets, everything with exception of there being headlights on the bicycles, is perfect. Michael Hoffman truly pulled of a great feat with this movie, and I would recommend it to anyone.

    Also, on a side note, if you have trouble understanding the language, though it be English, watch the DVD and turn on the subtext.
    9tvsterling

    Excellent Job of a Difficult Task

    I'm a professional live theatre stagehand. People who are too centered on movies will have a hard time with this picture. If you could see the original first run performance of this play in Elizabethan England you would think you had stumbled into an over-costumed poetry reading. If the movie is hard to follow try & imagine what viewing that play would be like. It is the measure of Shakespeare's greatness that now 400 years later & in a medium born of photography that this greatest of fantasies still rings true. Try to show some respect; Shakespeare defined modern English. In comparing the lines to the original I thought that the adaptation was sensitive & well thought out. Simplified to fit the film medium but not sacrificing any of the truly great lines that actors drool over. The fairy world sets seemed cramped to me & reminded me of Cocteau's Beauty & the Beast. I personally found the setting of the movie in turn of century Italy kind of fun. Resetting Shakespeare in times & places other than he wrote is pretty much standard practice. The bicycles & the phonographs were amusing to me & generated some fun business for the actors. Kevin Kline was excellent as the ass. He got you to sympathize not pity or deride. In fact the whole amateur troop was memorable. Stanley Tucci was the quintessential Puck. Calista Flockhart threw everything including the kitchen sink into her part. Don't accuse her of overacting though; you'll only give away that you have never been deeply in love. Michelle Pfeiffer was radioactive beautiful, probably fatal closer than ten feet. Rupert Everett maintained perfect believability in a difficult part which is essentially support for Puck. As an answer to anyone who thought that things were a bit oversexed. The Renaissance was all about the rediscovery of the fact that people are noble & beautiful, not sinful & ugly. Shakespeare was one of the greatest products of the Renaissance. The movie is true to those Renaissance ideals. To sum up; a class act & class acts are not for everybody.
    grahamclarke

    Worthwhile , despite the lack of magic and poor casting

    There is much to recommend this "Midsummer Night's Dream" – it's beautifully filmed, well acted by a starry cast and of course – it's Shakespeare, full of humor, wit and insight. (As always with Shakespeare, you would do well to read the play before watching the movie, preferably with an edition that explains the subtler points of the dialogue.)

    While wholeheartedly recommending this film for the above reasons, I would have to acknowledge that the overall feeling, despite its merits, is that this is a version seriously lacking in magic. Magic plays a large part of the proceedings but despite the special effects, this "Midsummer Nights Dream" is not nearly as uplifting and enchanting as it is intended to be.

    Zefferelli's fantastic success with "Romeo and Juliet" was a one off, in that the principals were unknowns. Without big names, it's doubtful whether a lavish production such as this would ever have been made. It's often been stated by film makers that the crucial stage is that of casting. A film well cast will in effect cause the pieces fall together as they should.

    The casting of this film is way off mark. Signing up a group of stars, both well known and talented, may be good for the box office, but they are a haphazard and motley bunch. There is no "cohesion" at all. Rupert Everett as Oberon may be a fine bit of casting, as may be Stanley Tucci as Puck; but not in the same production ! Pfeiffer and Everett too are uneasy, but the worst paring must surely be Calista Flockhart and Christian Bale. In a play where chemistry is everything, this glaring lack of chemistry between the players is a huge drawback.

    Far more successful are the amateur players, headed by Kevin Kline in fine form with beautifully crafted performances by Roger Rees, Sam Rockwell and the others. Their scenes reveal what this could have been.

    Still, enough remains to make this a worthwhile experience.
    7dfranzen70

    Gorgeous film not bad Shakespeare adaptation

    There have been many adaptations of Shakespeare plays over the last decade or so, most of them aimed squarely at younger viewers. You know the drill: The director picks out rocking, hip tunes to spice up the soundtrack and some hot, young stars to broadly interpret the Bard's work.

    That's not the case here. Kevin Kline gets to ham it up as Nick Bottom, the base mechanical with delusions of thespian grandeur, and Michelle Pfeiffer gets to show off her own acting chops as Titania, the Queen of the fairies. Okay, so maybe a little knowledge of the play itself would help the average viewer, but if you're not a fan of the play, you can still witness some absolutely sumptuous camerawork and some funny, funny scenes - many of them dealing with the spellbound Bottom, who's been turned into a jackass. Stanley Tucci underplays (somewhat surprisingly) his role as the mischievous Puck, and even Callista Flockhart turns in a solid performance as one of four human (non-fairy) lovers.

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    • Wissenswertes
      Calista Flockhart and Anna Friel's mud fight had to be filmed twice. It took four hours to prep and clean the actresses for a second take.
    • Patzer
      The opening text tells us that the movie is set at "the turn of the 19th century," which would be around 1800. It meant to say "the turn of the 20th century," as the movie is clearly set around 1900.
    • Zitate

      [Last lines]

      Puck: If we shadows have offended, / Think but this, and all is mended, / That you have but slumber'd here / While these visions did appear. / And this weak and idle theme, / No more yielding but a dream, / Gentles, do not reprehend: / If you pardon we will mend. / Else the Puck a liar call. / Give me your hands, if we be friends, / And Robin shall restore amends.

    • Verbindungen
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: The Mummy/The Castle/This Is My Father/A Midsummer Night's Dream/Lovers of the Arctic Circle (1999)
    • Soundtracks
      Incidental music
      from the 1843 German stage production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

      Composed by Felix Mendelssohn

      Performed by the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy

      Courtesy of The Decca Record Company Limited, London

      By Arrangement with PolyGram Film & TV Music

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    • Erscheinungsdatum
      • 21. Oktober 1999 (Deutschland)
    • Herkunftsländer
      • Vereinigtes Königreich
      • Italien
      • Vereinigte Staaten
    • Offizielle Standorte
      • arabuloku.com
      • Official site
    • Sprachen
      • Englisch
      • Italienisch
      • Latein
    • Auch bekannt als
      • El sueño de una noche de verano, de William Shakespear
    • Drehorte
      • Caprarola, Viterbo, Lazio, Italien
    • Produktionsfirmen
      • Fox Searchlight Pictures
      • New Regency Productions
      • Taurus Film
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    • Budget
      • 11.000.000 $ (geschätzt)
    • Bruttoertrag in den USA und Kanada
      • 16.071.990 $
    • Eröffnungswochenende in den USA und in Kanada
      • 4.285.620 $
      • 16. Mai 1999
    • Weltweiter Bruttoertrag
      • 16.071.990 $
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      • 1 Std. 56 Min.(116 min)
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