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A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Fantasy · Romance · Comedy · 1935

Mistaken identity, unrequited love, and the supernatural are combined in Shakespeare's classic set in the woods of Greece on a moonlit night.

Movie details

A Midsummer Night's Dream

“Three Centuries In The Making! An immortal literary classic becomes a triumph of the ages!”

1935 Fantasy · Romance · Comedy 2h 23m

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6.4 / 10

Community rating

Mistaken identity, unrequited love, and the supernatural are combined in Shakespeare's classic set in the woods of Greece on a moonlit night.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The people responsible.

Directed by

William Dieterle · Max Reinhardt

Written by

Mary C. McCall, Jr. · Charles Kenyon

Ian Hunter

Ian Hunter

Theseus

Verree Teasdale

Verree Teasdale

Hippolyta

Hobart Cavanaugh

Hobart Cavanaugh

Philostrate

Dick Powell

Dick Powell

Lysander

Ross Alexander

Ross Alexander

Demetrius

Olivia de Havilland

Olivia de Havilland

Hermia

Jean Muir

Jean Muir

Helena

Court is in session

Put A Midsummer Night's Dream on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.