''Viel Lärm um nichts '' is an

East German East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ...

film based on

William Shakespeare William Shakespeare ( 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's nation ...

's play ''

Much Ado About Nothing ''Much Ado About Nothing'' is a comedy by William Shakespeare thought to have been written in 1598 and 1599.See textual notes to ''Much Ado About Nothing'' in ''The Norton Shakespeare'' ( W. W. Norton & Company, 1997 ) p. 1387 The play ...

''. It was released in 1964.

Cast

Christel Bodenstein Christel Bodenstein (born 13 October 1938) is a German film and television actress. She appeared in many East German (GDR) productions and is best known outside Germany for her leading role as the young princess in ''The Singing Ringing Tree'' ...

Beatrice Beatrice may refer to: * Beatrice (given name) Places In the United States * Beatrice, Alabama, a town * Beatrice, Humboldt County, California, a locality * Beatrice, Georgia, an unincorporated community * Beatrice, Indiana, an unincorporated ...

Rolf Ludwig Rolf Ludwig (28 July 1925 – 27 March 1999) was a German actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1952 to 1997. Selected filmography References External links * 1925 births 1999 deaths Male actors from Stockholm Germ ...

: Benedikt * Wilfried Ortmann: Don Pedro * Martin Flörchinger: Leonato * Gerhard Rachold: Don Juan * Arno Wyzniewski: Claudio * Ursula Körbs: Hero *

Carl Balhaus Carl Balhaus (born Carl Ballhaus; 4 November 1905 – 28 July 1968) was a German stage and film actor. After the Second World War he worked as screenwriter and director for the East German state-owned studio DEFA. He was an uncle of the Academ ...

: Antonio * Ingrid Michalk: Margareta * Heidi Ortner: Ursula * Ekkehard Hahn: Balthasar * Edwin Marian: Borachio *

Gerhard Bienert Gerhard Max Richard Bienert (8 January 1898 – 23 December 1986) was a German stage and film actor. Gerhard Bienert was born in Berlin, Germany and died in the same city in 1986 at age 88. Selected filmography * ''Duke Ferrante's End'' (1922) * ...

: Holzapfel *

Rudolf Ulrich Rudolf Ulrich (3 January 1922 – 4 April 1997) was a German film actor. He appeared in 67 films between 1954 and 1986. He died in Berlin at age 75. Selected filmography * ''Duped Till Doomsday'' (1957) * ''Polonia-Express'' (1957) * '' Br� ...

: Schleewein *

Fred Delmare Werner Vorndran (24 April 1922 – 1 May 2009), known professionally as Fred Delmare, was a German actor. Life and work Werner Vorndran was the son of a carpenter and a seamstress and grew up in Hüttensteinach at Sonneberg in Thuringia, wh ...

: Wachsoldat Haberkuchen

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* 1964 films East German films 1960s German-language films German films based on plays Films based on Much Ado About Nothing 1960s German films {{1960s-Germany-film-stub