Wood Love (German title: Ein Sommernachtstraum) is a 1925 German silent comedy film directed by Hans Neumann and starring Werner Krauss, Valeska Gert and Alexander Granach. It was an adaptation of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.Kreimeier p.101
Ernö Metzner worked as the film's art director.
Preservation A Midsummer Night's Dream (Ein Sommernachtstraum) was preserved and restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive and The Film Foundation from a 35mm nitrate silent tinted print. Restoration funding was provided by Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation. The restoration had its Los Angeles premiere at the 2024 UCLA Festival of Preservation.
Cast Werner Krauss as Bottom Valeska Gert as Puck Alexander Granach as Waldschrat and in alphabetical order Hans Albers as Demetrius Charlotte Ander as Hermia Theodor Becker as Theseus Hans Behrendt Wilhelm Bendow as Flaut Paul Biensfeldt Walter Brandt as Schnock Tamara Geva as Oberon Ernst Gronau as Squenz Armand Guerra as Wenzel Paul Günther as Egeus Martin Jacob as Schlucker Adolf Klein Lori Leux as Titania André Mattoni as Lysander Fritz Rasp as Schnauz Rose Veldtkirch Barbara von Annenkoff as Helena Ruth Weyher as Hippolyta Bruno Ziener as Milon
References
Bibliography Kreimeier, Klaus. The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918-1945. University of California Press, 1999.
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