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Wie Wärs mit Shakespeare?

Alternative title
Wie Waers mit Shakespeare? Balthasar im Stau und Andere Bewegte Geschichten
Synopsis
Television sketch. Fourth of four 15-minute installments featuring German actor Heinz Rühmann as a taxi driver in different countries. In the Shakespeare episode an American couple intends to visit the Shakespeare festival in Stratford-upon-Avon. An eccentric English taxi driver (Heinz Rühmann) takes them to Barclay Manor instead where they meet Count Hugh Barclay (Rühmann) and the ghost of Sir Archibald Barclay (also played by Rühmann).
Language
German (Standard)
Country
Germany
Medium
Television; Video
Transmission details
4 Mar 1979 (Channel: ZDF)
Duration
60 mins

Credits

Director
Rudolf Jugert
Producer
Gyula Trebitsch; Karl Jobrig
Cinematographer
Gero Erhardt
Screenplay
Jon Watkins; Tony Bilbow; Werner Jörg Lüddecke
Cast
Alexander HegarthMr Cooper
Heinz RühmannTaxi Driver
Heinz RühmannCharles Barclay
Heinz RühmannGhost of Sir Archibald Barclay
Heinz RühmannPorter
Heinz RühmannCount Hugh Barclay
Ursula DirichsMrs Cooper

Additional Details

Production type
Sitcoms/Variety
Keywords
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Notes
A DVD (in German only) containing all four episodes of the Heinz Rühmann specials has been made commercially available by Polar Film in 2006.
History
Produced in 1978 for the ZDF.

Production Company

Name

Gyula Trebitsch Produktion KG

Name

Polyphon Film-und Fernsehgesellschaft

Sponsor

Name

ZDF

Notes
See: Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen

Distributor (Sale)

Name

Polar Film + Medien GmbH

Email
info@polarfilm.de
Web
http://www.polarfilm.de External site opens in new window
Phone
+49 (0) 25 42 - 95 13 13
Fax
+49 (0) 25 42 - 95 13 95
Address
Schildarpstraße 10
Gescher
D-48712
Germany

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