A Midsummer Night's Dream

May 20, 1999

1h 56m

★ 6.4

Love makes fools of us all.

Overview

The lovely Hermia is to wed Demetrius, but she truly cares for Lysander. Hermia's friend, Helena, is in love with Demetrius, while other romantic entanglements abound in the woods, with married fairy rulers Titania and Oberon toying with various lovers and each other.

Genres

Fantasy

Comedy

Romance

Production Companies

Taurus Film

Fox Searchlight Pictures

Regency Enterprises

A Midsummer Night's Dream Trailers

Cast

Hermia

Anna Friel

Helena

Calista Flockhart

Demetrius

Christian Bale

Lysander

Dominic West

Puck

Stanley Tucci

Oberon

Rupert Everett

Titania

Michelle Pfeiffer

Nick Bottom

Kevin Kline

Theseus

David Strathairn

Peter Quince

Roger Rees

Egeus

Bernard Hill

Hippolyta

Sophie Marceau

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