As You Like It (1936)

Directed by

Paul Czinner

Genre

romantic comedy, melodrama

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 36m

Rated

NR

Rating

5.4 of 10 from 13 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman disguised as a boy flees into the forest of Arden after being banished by her uncle. There she meets the man she loves and helps him practice his wooing while keeping her true identity secret. The film is a straightforward adaptation of Shakespeare's comedy with stage-trained actors.

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What happens

As You Like It is a 1936 British romantic comedy film directed by Paul Czinner and starring Laurence Olivier as Orlando and Elisabeth Bergner as Rosalind. It is based on William Shakespeare's play of the same name. It was Olivier's first performance of Shakespeare on screen. It was the final film of stage actors Leon Quartermaine and Henry Ainley, and featured an early screen role for Ainley's son Richard as Sylvius, as well as for John Laurie, who played Orlando's brother Oliver. (Laurie would go on to perform with Olivier in the three Shakespearean films that Olivier directed.) Bergner had previously played the role of Rosalind in her native Germany and her German accent is apparent in most of her scenes. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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