Based upon Shakespeare′s "Twelfth Night", the movie tells the story of the Duke of Illyria who is in love with the Countess Olivia. Olivia, however, keeps eluding him. When the Duke sends her a page to bring her a message, Olivia falls in love with the messenger who is in fact a woman called Viola. After she was shipwrecked on the shores of Illyria, Viola assumed the role of her missing brother. She cannot return Olivia′s love because she, in turn, adores the Duke.
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Cast
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Annekathrin Bürger
Olivia
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Herwart Grosse
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Hans Burger
Bärbel Winzer
Rolf Herricht
Fernsehreporter
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Der Baulöwe
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Helmut Grewald
Klaus Fehmel
Brigitte Krause
Maria
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Ferienheim Bergkristall
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Alfred Hirschmeier
Peter Kiwitt
Majordomo
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Maurycy Janowski
Günter Rüger
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Hans Burger Director · Alfred Hirschmeier Writer Ingrid Reschke Writer
First release October 14, 1965 · Produced in Germany, XG · Production DEFA
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DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
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DEFA
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Germany · XG
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Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · October 14, 1965
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No release date listed for United States.
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