Le Songe d'une nuit d'été

Titre original : A Midsummer Night's Dream

1935
Approved
2h 13m

ÉVALUATION IMDb

6,8/10

4 k

MA NOTE

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

Deux couples et une troupe d'acteurs ont une rencontre avec des fées espiègles dans la forêt.Deux couples et une troupe d'acteurs ont une rencontre avec des fées espiègles dans la forêt.Deux couples et une troupe d'acteurs ont une rencontre avec des fées espiègles dans la forêt.

Directors
- William Dieterle
- Max Reinhardt
Writers
Stars

Voir l’information sur la production à IMDbPro

ÉVALUATION IMDb

6,8/10

4 k

MA NOTE

Directors
- William Dieterle
- Max Reinhardt
Writers
Stars

Voir l’information sur la production à IMDbPro

A remporté 2 oscars
- 6 victoires et 2 nominations au total

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Anecdotes
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.

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

Citations
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!

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

Autres versions
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.

Connexions
Featured in A Dream Comes True (1935)

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

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Commentaire en vedette

Astounding Shakespeare adaptation

Since "Shakespeare in Love" made that particular playwright happening and new, check out this, Warner Bros.' wild, expensive, free-wheeling adaptation of "A Midsummer Night's Dream".

For me, James Cagney makes the movie. He's Nick Bottom, the leader (or so he believes) of a traveling troupe of actors. He gives an invigorating performance--the screen is his. At one point, he gets to wear a donkey's head (if you know the play, you know what I'm talking about), but it doesn't faze him in the least. Cagney, the most energetic screen actor, doesn't let his over-the-top approach mar his skill or care with The Bard's great words. It's the test of anyone wishing to act out a part in a Shakespeare play, which Cagney passes, to "speak" the dialogue, and by doing so, make what might be confusing on the page understandable to audiences on the screen or stage.

Warner really spared no expense with this production, which I think might have been the costliest of that year. The whole affair is like a dream in every way--it seems to sway in the wind, fragile to the touch. It features Mendolssohn music, soft-white photography (the great Hal Mohr), and some of the most incredible sets and costumes you're likely to see in a 1930s film.

Nominated for three Academy Awards: Picture, Cinematography and Editing. Bested by "Mutiny on the Bounty" for the first, it won the other two.