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Viel Lärm um nichts

DDR 1963/1964 Spielfilm


Florentine count Claudio and his companion Benedikt have just fought a successful battle for Don Pedro, when they are invited by Leonato, the governor of Messina, to be his guests for a month. The three men thankfully accept the offer. Soon, Claudio and Leonato′s daughter Hero fall head over heels in love with each other and become engaged. Benedikt, who likes to mock the people around him, often exchanges witty repartees with Leonato′s beautiful, yet sharp-tongued, niece Beatrice. But it only takes a small impulse to bring together the die-hard bachelor and the young woman who is rather sceptical towards men. But the joy of love does not stay unclouded. Don Juan, Don Pedro′s jealous half-brother, sets up an intrigue to prevent the marriage of Claudio and Hero. When Hero is accused of infidelity, Claudio casts her out. It seems that Hero dies dishonoured; and Benedikt has to promise Beatrice to kill his friend in a duel. But fortunately, Don Juan′s shameful deed is revealed before the duel can take place, and the culprit is arrested. Now, Hero returns from the dead and the film ends with a happy double marriage in the governor′s house.

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Credits

Director

  • Martin Hellberg

Screenplay

  • Martin Hellberg

Director of photography

  • Erwin Anders

Editing

  • Ursula Rudzki

Music

  • Wilhelm Neef

Cast

  • Christel Bodenstein
    Beatrice
  • Rolf Ludwig
    Benedikt
  • Wilfried Ortmann
    Don Pedro
  • Martin Flörchinger
    Leonato
  • Gerhard Rachold
    Don Juan
  • Arno Wyzniewski
    Claudio
  • Ursula Körbs
    Hero
  • Carl Balhaus
    Antonio
  • Ingrid Michalk
    Margarethe
  • Heidi Ortner
    Ursula

Production company

  • DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme (Potsdam-Babelsberg)

Alle Credits

Director

  • Martin Hellberg

Assistant director

  • Eva Seemann

Screenplay

  • Martin Hellberg

based on

  • William Shakespeare (Komödie "Much Ado about Nothing")

Script editor

  • Dieter Wolf

Director of photography

  • Erwin Anders

Assistant camera

  • Günter Heimann

Still photography

  • Kurt Schütt

Production design

  • Hans-Jörg Mirr
  • Georg Kranz

Prop master

  • Gerhard Kirschstein

Make-up artist

  • Gerhard Petri
  • Gisela Thrum

Costume design

  • Gerhard Kaddatz
  • Luise Schmidt

Editing

  • Ursula Rudzki

Sound

  • Christfried Sobczyk

Music

  • Wilhelm Neef

Cast

  • Christel Bodenstein
    Beatrice
  • Rolf Ludwig
    Benedikt
  • Wilfried Ortmann
    Don Pedro
  • Martin Flörchinger
    Leonato
  • Gerhard Rachold
    Don Juan
  • Arno Wyzniewski
    Claudio
  • Ursula Körbs
    Hero
  • Carl Balhaus
    Antonio
  • Ingrid Michalk
    Margarethe
  • Heidi Ortner
    Ursula
  • Ekkehard Hahn
    Balthasar
  • Edwin Marian
    Borachio
  • Gerhard Bienert
    Holzapfel
  • Rudolf Ulrich
    Schlahwein
  • Fred Delmare
    Haberkuchen
  • Eberhardt Wintzen
    Seehohl
  • Peter Dommisch
    Schreiber
  • Horst Kube
    Konrad
  • Hans-Jörn Weber
    Page
  • Joe Schorn
    Diener
  • Claus Schulz
    Narr
  • Wolf Goette
    Prologus
  • Friedrich Teitge
    Diener
  • Hans-Joachim Engelmann
    Kapellmeister
  • Hans Feldner
    Bürger
  • Willi Schwabe
    Pater Franziskus
  • Ilse Hurtig
  • Irmgard Kaul
  • Sigrid Piper
  • Irene Rockhausen
  • Li Wisznamitzki
  • Christina Rouvel
  • Stefania Büttner
  • Sigrid Hubrich
  • Ingrid Höhne
  • Brigitte Gerhardt
  • Ilona Nessler
  • Hannes Vohrer
  • Pedro Hebenstreit
  • Walter Lohwasser
  • Siegfried Hildebrandt
  • Hans-Herbert Hoffmann
  • Laszlo Kereszturi
  • Werner Mente
  • Heino Kurth
  • Alexander Winkler
  • Stefan Lux
  • Wolfgang Edel
  • Siegfried Alack
  • Ursula Aigmüller
  • Ruth Leitzmann
  • Isolde Meinert-Wiwjowa
  • Harald Hebenstreit
  • Jürgen Funker
  • Gerhard Wolff
  • Alfons Schulze

Production company

  • DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme (Potsdam-Babelsberg)

Unit production manager

  • Adolf Fischer

Location manager

  • Horst Schmidt
  • Wolfgang Rennebarth

Original distributor

  • Progress Film-Verleih (Berlin/Ost)
Duration:
2775 m, 102 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1,33
Video/Audio:
Orwocolor, Ton
Screening:

Uraufführung (DD): 23.04.1964, Berlin, International

Titles

Additional titles
  • Originaltitel (DD) Viel Lärm um nichts

Versions

Original

Duration:
2775 m, 102 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1,33
Video/Audio:
Orwocolor, Ton
Screening:

Uraufführung (DD): 23.04.1964, Berlin, International

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