A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999)

116 min · Historie, Romantic Drama, drama film, fantasy film, romantic comedy

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Directors

Michael Hoffman

Cast

Calista Flockhart, Anna Friel, Rupert Everett, Christian Bale, Dominic West, Stanley Tucci, Michelle Pfeiffer, Sophie Marceau, David Strathairn, Kevin Kline

The story

In 1890s Monte Athena, in the Kingdom of Italy, as Duke Theseus and Hippolyta's wedding banquet preparations are underway, young Hermia's father Egeus approaches him. He requests the Duke support his promise of his daughter's hand to Demetrius, at threat of her death if she does not comply. Theseus gives Hermia four days to choose to marry Demetrius, join a convent or die.

Catalogue themes and tags

A Midsummer Night's Dream, Athens, Elfen, Enchantment, Faithfulness, Flucht, Promise, Reicher Graf, Run Away, Unhappy Love, woods

Genres

Historie, Romantic Drama, drama film, fantasy film, romantic comedy

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