Monty Python’s Fliegender Zirkus
- Alternative title
- Monty Python in Deutschland
- Synopsis
- In the first episode of the Monty Python special (performed in phonetic German), a documentary about Albrecht Dürer is interrupted by a condensed performance of The Merchant of Venice, starring ‘The Bad Ischl Dairy Herd’. The film footage depicts a herd of cows; surtitles in English and German translate their mooing into lines from Shakespeare’s play. Later in the programme, a theatre critic (Eric Idle) favourably comments on this interpretation which, he suggests, "has always been a difficult play for animals". This is followed by "The Doctor’s Version of The Merchant of Venice’", presented by Dracula and acted by two doctors.
- Series
- Monty Python’s Flying Circus
- Language
- German (Standard)
- Country
- Germany
- Medium
- Television
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Notes
- Both episodes of the German Monty Python special were released on a single VHS tape by Guerilla Films in 1998 but this seems to be currently out of stock (1/2007). Equally mysterious are the whereabouts of the DVD, allegedly released in 2002 by the Australian DVD company Rainbow Entertainment (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Python’s_Fliegender_Zirkus#Episode_1_.28produced_in_1971.29)
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- animals; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Credits
- Director
- Ian MacNaughton
- Producer
- Thomas Woitkewitsch
- Cast
Eric Idle Graham Chapman John Cleese Michael Palin Terry Gilliam Terry Jones
Production Company
Sponsor
Archive
- Name
BFI National Archive
- Web
- http://www.bfi.org.uk/archive-collections/searching-access-collections/research-viewing-services External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7255 1444
- Fax
- 020 7436 0165
- Address
- 21 Stephen Street
London
W1T 1LN
Distributor (Sale)
- Name
Guerilla Films Limited
- Contact
- info@guerilla-films.com
- info@guerilla-films.com
- Web
- http://www.guerilla-films.com External site opens in new window
- Phone
- + 44 (0)20 8758 1716
- Fax
- + 44 (0)20 8758 9364
- Address
- 35 Thornbury Road
Isleworth
TW7 4LQ
United Kingdom
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