Mnogo Shuma Iz Nichego (1973) - film adaptation of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing

Literary/ Cultural Context Essay

Ronan Paterson (University of Teesside)

Ed. by Ema Vyroubalova, Trinity College Dublin
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 2.2.2.00: Post-1917 Writing and Culture in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, 1917-present.
Vol. editors: Neil Cornwell (University of Bristol), Roman Koropeckyj (University of California, Los Angeles), Andrei Rogatchevski (UiT - The Arctic University of Norway)

Domains

Cinema/ Film/ TV

Dates

Date of occurrence 1973

Places

Russia (Location)
England (Involved)

Genres and Modes

Adaptation

Resources

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Adapted from

Much Ado About Nothing

. Directed by Samson Samsonov. Starring Galina Jovovich (as Galina Loginova), Konstantin Rajkin, Tatyana Vedeneeva, Leonid Trushkin, and Pavel Pavlenko. Original length 83 mins. Available version 76 mins. Colour. Language: Russian

Samsonov’s film was the second of three Soviet film versions of Shakespeare’s play, the others being a 1956 adaptation, under the same title, and a 1983 musical version, Lyubovyu za Lyubov. Samsonov was an experienced director, having already made nine feature films for the Mosfilm studio. The film is shot in the 70mm Sovscop wide-screen format, which enabled Evginey Guslinsky’s cinematography to fill the frames with a wealth of colour and movement.

Samsonov’s film was the second of three Soviet film versions of…

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Citation: Paterson, Ronan. "Mnogo Shuma Iz Nichego (1973) - film adaptation of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 02 September 2015 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=19421, accessed 25 November 2024.]