
Much Ado About Nothing
1964-04-22 · 100 min · ★ 6.5
Young lovers Hero and Claudio, soon to wed, conspire to get verbal sparring partners and confirmed singles Benedick and Beatrice to wed as well.
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- Directors
- Martin Hellberg
- Production companies
- DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
- Countries
- East Germany, Germany
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Christel BodensteinBeatrice
Rolf LudwigBenedikt
Wilfried OrtmannDon Pedro
Martin FlörchingerLeonato
Gerhard RacholdDon Juan
Arno WyzniewskiClaudio
Edwin MarianBorachio
Gerhard BienertHolzapfel
Rudolf UlrichSchlahwein
Fred DelmareHaberkuchen
Horst KubeKonrad
Carl BallhausAntonio
Ekkehard Hahn
Peter Dommisch
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