Richard III (1976)

Movie
Original title	Life and death King Richard III
Country of production	GDR
original language	German
Publishing year	1976
length	185 minutes
Rod
Director	Manfred Wekwerth (theater) Ingrid Fausak (film)
production	Television of the GDR
music	Günther Fischer
camera	Harri Münzhardt Angelika Szostak Habbo Lolling Manfred Petrik Klaus Hesse Manfred Lehnhardt
cut	Karin Hennes
occupation
Hilmar Thate : Richard, Duke of Gloucester Jürgen Hentsch : Duke of Buckingham Peter Bause : Georg, Duke of Clarence Ernst Kahler : Sir Robert Brakenbury Jutta Wachowiak : Lady Anne Inge Keller : Queen Elisabeth Otto Mellies : Count Rivers Peter Reusse : Lord Gray Christian Stövesand : Marquis of Dorset Horst Weinheimer : Lord Stanley Elsa Grube-Deister : Margareta Uwe-Detlev Jessen : Sir William Catesby Dieter Franke : first murderer Christian Grashof : second murderer Peter Aust : King Edward IV. Johannes Maus : Servant Richard Lisa Macheiner : Duchess of York Peter Borgelt : Sir Robert Ratcliff Torsten Nobst : Prince of York Thomas Wenzlau : Prince of Wales Walter Lendrich : Cardinal Rudolf Christoph : Lord Mayor of London

Life and death King Richard III is the 1976 GDR television recording of a translation and production by Manfred Wekwerth of the play of the same name by William Shakespeare at the Deutsches Theater Berlin .

action

Since this is a theater production, see: Richard III.

production

The premiere of this production took place on March 22, 1972 in the Berlin Deutsches Theater . The performance with the dramaturgy by Werner Heinitz and the costumes by Johanna Kieling was recorded here.

The first broadcast took place as a direct broadcast from the Deutsches Theater Berlin in the first program of the television of the GDR on May 2, 1976 in color.

criticism

Ernst Schumacher says in the Berliner Zeitung :

"All in all, there is spectacular theater, dramatic expressiveness, uninhibited play of passionate feelings and thoughts, but also a noticeable lack of shape in the social background and perspective."

Helmut Ullrich wrote in the Neue Zeit :

"Manfred Wekwerth has mastered this historical drama powerfully: his staging in the Deutsches Theater creates an atmosphere of terror and violence, a panorama of feudal power struggles that trembles with sensual passion. Here Shakespeare's dramatic force comes to life unbroken."

Web links

• Life and death King Richard III in the online dictionary of television in the GDR
• Richard III in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Berliner Zeitung of March 22, 1972, p. 6
2. ↑ Berliner Zeitung of March 28, 1972, p. 6
3. ↑ Neue Zeit of March 26, 1972, p. 4