Was ihr Wollt

Alternative title: Twelfth Night or As You Like It
Synopsis: German Federal Republic made-for-television film based on Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. Ingrid Andree doubles as Viola and Sebastian.
Language: German (Standard)
Country: Germany
Medium: Film; Television
Technical information: Black-and-white / Sound
Transmission details: 14 Apr 1963 (Channel: ARD)
Duration: 154 mins

Director

Franz Peter Wirth

Producer

Cinematographer

Writer

Music

Production Design

Helmut Gassner; Walter Blokesch

Costume

Gerd Richter

Cast

Ingrid Andree	Viola (later disguised as Cesario)
Heidelinde Weis	Olivia
Karl Michael Vogler	Orsino, Duke of Illyria
Peter Lühr	Malvolio
Paul Verhoeven (2)	Feste
Alfons Tauber	First Officer
Benno Sterzenbach	Sir Toby Belch
Chariklia Baxevanos	Maria
Fred Kallmann	Second Officer
Fritz Wepper	Valentine
Hanns Lothar	Sir Andrew Aguecheek
Hans Cossy	Antonio
Ingrid Andree	Sebastian
Karl Bockx	Priest
Karl Bockx	Curio

Notes: A recording of the television broadcast is held by the WDR television archive but availability unclear (7/2007).
History: In a retrospective television series entitled ‘Das gefiel uns damals’ (Things we used to like) the German broadcasting station WDR transmitted Wirth’s filmic version on television. The broadcast was repeated on 26/8/1979 on the German television channels WDR3, HR3, N3.
Textual information: Based on the translation by August Wilhelm von Schlegel
Reviews: Sources: www.filmportal.de (accessed 7/2007), DRA television drama database (DRA Fernsehspiele) at http://www.dra.de/online/datenbanken/fernsehspiele/vollinfo.php?pk=100033830&back=1 (accessed 10/2008)
ID Number: 2150561

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