''Much Ado About Nothing'' () is a 1973 Soviet

romantic comedy Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a sub-genre of comedy and Romance novel, romance fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount all obstacles. Ro ...

film directed by

Samson Samsonov Samson Iosifovich Samsonov (; 23 February 1921 – 31 August 2002) was a Soviet and Russian film director and screenwriter, he was granted the honorary title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1991. Samson Samsonov graduated from Gerasimov Insti ...

based on

William Shakespeare William Shakespeare ( 23 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 of the same name. Kinoglaz reports that the film had 15 millions spectators.

Plot

A young couple, Hero and Claudio, are set to be married in a week. As time passes, they make a wager with Don Pedro that they can bring the confirmed bachelor Benedick together with Beatrice, an old acquaintance of his. Meanwhile, the villain Don John schemes to disrupt Claudio and Hero’s wedding by accusing Hero of infidelity. The truth seems impossible to uncover, but, fortunately, all this is merely ado... much ado about nothing.

Cast

Galina Jovovich Galina Aleksandrovna Loginova (; born 28 October 1950) is a Russian-American actress. She was famous in the Soviet Union for her roles in movies, and then gained additional popularity for being the agent for her daughter, actress and model Mill ...

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Konstantin Raikin Konstantin Arkadyevich Raikin (; July 8, 1950) is a Russian actor and theatre director, the head of the Moscow Satyricon Theatre (since 1988). Konstantin Raikin has been honoured with the titles Meritorious Artist of Russia (1985) and the Peo ...

- Benedicto * Tatyana Vedeneyeva - Gero * Leonid Trushkin - Claudio * Boris Ivanov - Leonato * Alexei Samoilov - Prince * Vladimir Korenev - Juan * Alexei Dobronravov - Antonio *

Erast Garin Erast Pavlovich Garin (September 4, 1980, born Gerasimov) was a Soviet and Russian actor, director and screenwriter. He was, together with Igor Ilyinsky and Sergey Martinson, one of the leading comic actors of Vsevolod Meyerhold's company and of ...

- Kissel *

Pavel Pavlenko Pavel Pavlovich Pavlenko () (20 September 1902 – 9 March 1993) was a Soviet stage and film actor. Life Born in Kiev, he later moved to Moscow and graduated in 1919 from the Moscow City Theatrical School named for Anatoly Lunacharsky. He tried t ...

Dogberry Dogberry is a character created by William Shakespeare for his play ''Much Ado About Nothing''. '' The Nuttall Encyclopædia'' describes him as a "self-satisfied night constable" with an inflated view of his own importance as the leader of a g ...

* Vladimir Doveyko Sr. (voiced by

Vladimir Basov Vladimir Pavlovich Basov (28 July 192317 September 1987) was a Soviet Russian actor, film director and screenwriter. He was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1983. Biography Vladimir Basov was born in the Urazovo village, Voronezh Governor ...

) - Boracchio * Mikhail Logvinov - Conrad * Tatyana Bronzova *

Yury Yakovlev Yury Vasilyevich Yakovlev (; 25 April 1928 – 30 November 2013) was a Soviet and Russian actor. He was awarded the honorary title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1976. Main works Yury Yakovlev is best known for his roles in Cinema of the ...

(uncredited)

Themes and reception

Like Kenneth Branagh’s adaptation, the film opens with the men riding into a town where the women run to greet them. ”Known for his adaptations of literature into film, Samsonov teamed up with acclaimed costume designer Ludmila Kusakova to create this Mosfilm classic."

References

External links

* Mosfilm films Films based on Much Ado About Nothing Soviet romantic comedy films Russian romantic comedy films Russian-language romantic comedy films 1970s Soviet films 1970s Russian-language films {{1970s-romantic-comedy-film-stub