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Alternative title

Midsummer Night’s Dream, A

Synopsis

A rock musical version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Language

Italian (Standard)

Country

Italy

Medium

Film

Technical information

Colour / Sound

Year of release

1983

Duration

c104

Availability

No archive copy or distributor found (2006)

Credits

Director

Gabriel Salvatores

Cinematographer

Dante Spinotti

Music

Mauro Pagani

Costume

Ferdinando Bruno

Cast

Alberto Lionello	Theseus
Erika Blanc	Hippolyta
Flavio Bucci	Oberon
Gianni Nannini	Titania
Ferdinando Bruno	Puck (Robin Goodfellow)
Alessandro Haber	Egeus
Augusta Gori	Hermia
Cristina Crippa Elio De Capitani	Nick Bottom
Guiseppe Cederna	Demetrius
Luca Barbareschi	Lysander
Luca Torraca	Francis Flute
Renato Sarti	Peter Quince
Sabina Vannucchi	Helena

Additional Details

Production type

Operas and Musicals

Plays

Midsummer Night’s Dream, A

Subjects

Music

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Rock music

Notes

General

The film began as a stage production produced by the Teatro dell’Elfo, Milan October 1981, and then on tour throughout Italy. Only a small number of actors were retained from the stage production.

History

Entered in Venice Film Festival 1983 (non-competitive).

Reviews

Variety (21 September 1983), p. 24.28

Production Company

Name

Politecne Cinematografica

Name

Raidue