A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

112 mins | Comedy, Science Fiction, Fantasy | Dec. 13, 1981

Four Athenians run away to the forest only to have Puck the fairy make both of the boys fall in love with the same girl. The four run through the forest pursuing each other while Puck helps his master play a trick on the fairy queen. In the end, Puck reverses the magic, and the two couples reconcile and marry.

A Midsummer Night's Dream

112 mins | Comedy, Science Fiction, Fantasy | Dec. 13, 1981

A Midsummer Night's Dream
Four Athenians run away to the forest only to have Puck the fairy make both of the boys fall in love with the same girl. The four run through the forest pursuing each other while Puck helps his master play a trick on the fairy queen. In the end, Puck reverses the magic, and the two couples reconcile and marry.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers BBC
Original title A Midsummer Night's Dream
Directors Elijah Moshinsky
Writers William Shakespeare

Cast

Phil Daniels

as Puck

Helen Mirren

as Titania

Brian Glover

as Bottom

Nigel Davenport

as Theseus

Estelle Kohler

as Hippolyta

Hugh Quarshie

as Philostrate

Robert Lindsay

as Lysander

Pippa Guard

as Hermia

Nicky Henson

as Demetrius

Geoffrey Lumsden

as Egeus

Cherith Mellor

as Helena

Geoffrey Palmer

as Quince

John Fowler

as Flute

Don Estelle

as Starveling

Nat Jackley

as Snout

Ray Mort

as Snug

Peter McEnery

as Oberon