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As You Like It is a 1936 British film, directed by Paul Czinner and starring Laurence Olivier as Orlando and Elisabeth Bergner as Rosalind. It is based on William Shakespeare's play of the same name. It was Olivier's first performance of Shakespeare on screen. It was the final film of stage actors Leon Quartermaine and Henry Ainley, and featured an early screen role for Ainley's son Richard as Sylvius, as well as for John Laurie, who played Orlando's brother Oliver. (Laurie would go on to co-star with Olivier in the three Shakespearean films that Olivier directed.) Bergner had previously played the role of Rosalind in her native Germany and her German accent is apparent in most of her scenes.
Original Release
09/02/1936
US Release
01/08/1937
Cast
Name | Character |
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Elisabeth Bergner | Rosalind |
Laurence Olivier | Orlando |
Sophie Stewart | Celia |
Henry Ainley | Exiled Duke |
Leon Quartermaine | Jacques |
Felix Aylmer | Duke Frederick |
Stuart Robertson | Amiens |
Austin Trevor | Le Beau |
Lionel Braham | Charles - the Wrestler / Charles, the wrestler |
John Laurie | Oliver |
Directors
Writers
J.M. Barrie, Robert Cullen, Carl Mayer, William Shakespeare
Cast
Name | Character |
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Elisabeth Bergner | Rosalind |
Laurence Olivier | Orlando |
Sophie Stewart | Celia |
Henry Ainley | Exiled Duke |
Leon Quartermaine | Jacques |
Felix Aylmer | Duke Frederick |
Stuart Robertson | Amiens |
Austin Trevor | Le Beau |
Lionel Braham | Charles - the Wrestler / Charles, the wrestler |
John Laurie | Oliver |
J. Fisher White | Adam (as Fisher White) / Adam |
Mackenzie Ward | Touchstone |
Aubrey Mather | Corin |
Richard Ainley | Sylvius |
Peter Bull | William |
Joan White | Phoebe |
Dorice Fordred | Audrey |
W.K. Clark | Guard |
Lawrence Hanray | Third Lord |
Cyril Horrocks | First Lord |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Paul Czinner | Producer |
Joseph M. Schenck | Producer |