AS YOU LIKE IT

A film by Paul Czinner

Cast : Laurence Olivier, Elisabeth Bergner, Felix Aymler

1936 / original title : AS YOU LIKE IT / 96’ / Black & White / status : completed / long feature-film / French catalog

A duke usurps his brother’s land and power, banishing him into the Forest of Arden. The banished brother’s daughter, Rosalind, is however allowed to remain as she is his daughter Celia’s closest friend. Rosalind falls in love with Orlando but when the duke finds out, he banishes Rosalind in fury. Celia and Rosalind disguise themselves as young men and join Orlando in the forest. Can true love eventually find a way?

Adapté de la pièce de Shakespeare.