Twelfth Night (1955 film)
Encyclopedia
Twelfth Night is a 1955
Soviet comedy film
by Lenfilm
based on Shakespeare
's play Twelfth Night, or What You Will
. Script by Yan Frid. USA
release date: March 3, 1956.
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1955 in film
The year 1955 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* November 3 - The musical Guys and Dolls, starring Marlon Brando and Frank Sinatra, debuts.* June 27 - The last ever Republic serial, King of the Carnival, is released....
Soviet comedy film
Comedy film
Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...
by Lenfilm
Lenfilm
Kinostudiya "Lenfilm" is a production unit of the Russian film industry, with its own film studio, located in Saint Petersburg, Russia, formerly Leningrad, R.S.F.S.R. Today OAO "Kinostudiya Lenfilm" is a corporation with its stakes shared between private owners, and several private film studios,...
based on Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon"...
's play Twelfth Night, or What You Will
Twelfth Night, or What You Will
Twelfth Night; or, What You Will is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written around 1601–02 as a Twelfth Night's entertainment for the close of the Christmas season...
. Script by Yan Frid. USA
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
release date: March 3, 1956.
Cast
- Klara LuchkoKlara LuchkoKlara Stepanivna Luchko was a Soviet, Russian and Ukrainian actress known for her roles in the Soviet cinema.She received the title of People's Artist of the USSR, the highest honour that could be bestowed to a cinema artist, awarded to her in 1978....
as Viola/Sebastian - Alla Larionova as Olivia
- Vadim Medvedev as Duke Orsino
- Mikhail Yanshin as Sir Toby Belch
- Georgi Vitsin as Sir Andrew Aguecheek
- Vasili MerkuryevVasili Merkuryev-Selected filmography:* The Return of Maxim * Professor Mamlock * The Vyborg Side * The Great Glinka * The Vow * The Battle of Stalingrad * True Friends * Twelfth Night...
as Malvolio - Bruno FreindlichBruno FreindlichBruno Arturovich Freindlich was a Soviet/Russian actor of German ancestry who became People's Artist of the USSR in 1974. His daughter Alisa Freindlich is also a notable actress.-Biography:...
as Feste - Sergei Filippov as Fabian
- Anna Lisyanskaya as Maria
- Nina Urgant
- Aleksandr Antonov as Sea Captain
- Sergei Lukyanov as Antonio
External links
Twelfth Night on LenfilmLenfilm
Kinostudiya "Lenfilm" is a production unit of the Russian film industry, with its own film studio, located in Saint Petersburg, Russia, formerly Leningrad, R.S.F.S.R. Today OAO "Kinostudiya Lenfilm" is a corporation with its stakes shared between private owners, and several private film studios,...
official site