Viel Lärm um nichts

Apr 22, 1964

1h 40m

★ 6.0

Overview

Young lovers Hero and Claudio, soon to wed, conspire to get verbal sparring partners and confirmed singles Benedick and Beatrice to wed as well.

Genres

Drama

Comedy

Production Companies

DEFA

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Cast

Beatrice

Christel Bodenstein

Benedikt

Rolf Ludwig

Don Pedro

Wilfried Ortmann

Leonato

Martin Flörchinger

Don Juan

Gerhard Rachold

Claudio

Arno Wyzniewski

Borachio

Edwin Marian

Holzapfel

Gerhard Bienert

Schlahwein

Rudolf Ulrich

Haberkuchen

Fred Delmare

Konrad

Horst Kube

Antonio

Carl Ballhaus

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