Le songe d’une nuit d’été (A Midsummer Night’s Dream)
Titre allemand : Ein Sommernachtstraum Titre espagnol : El sueño de una noche de verano Titre grec : Ονείρων θερινής νυκτός Titre russe : Сон в летнюю ночь Titre original : A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Film littéraire – États-Unis d’Amérique Année de production : 1935 Durée du film : 132 minutes
Réalisateur : Max Reinhardt, William Dieterle Livre : William Shakespeare, Charles Kenyon Caméra : Hal Mohr
Description du film :
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.