A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Max Reinhardt & William Dieterle, United States, 1935, 133 min

A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a 1935 American romance and fantasy film of William Shakespeare’s play, directed by Max Reinhardt and William Dieterle (…) The film is about the events surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens, Theseus, and the Queen of the Amazons, Hippolyta. These include the adventures of four young Athenian lovers and a group of six amateur actors, who are controlled and manipulated by the fairies who inhabit the forest in which most of the story is set. The play, which is categorized as a comedy, is one of Shakespeare’s most popular works for the stage and is widely performed across the world.