Wood Love

Wood Love
Directed by	Hans Neumann
Written by	Klabund Hans Behrendt Hans Neumann
Based on	A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
Starring	Werner Krauss Valeska Gert Alexander Granach Hans Albers
Cinematography	Reimar Kuntze Guido Seeber
Music by	Hans May
Production company	Neumann-Filmproduktion
Distributed by	UFA
Release date	10 March 1925 (1925-03-10)
Running time	80 minutes
Country	Germany
Languages	Silent German intertitles

Wood Love (German title: Ein Sommernachtstraum) is a 1925 German silent comedy film directed by Hans Neumann and starring Werner Krauss, Valeska Gert and Alexander Granach. It was an adaptation of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.^[1]

Ernö Metzner worked as the film's art director.

Preservation

A Midsummer Night's Dream (Ein Sommernachtstraum) was preserved and restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive and The Film Foundation from a 35mm nitrate silent tinted print. Restoration funding was provided by Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation. The restoration had its Los Angeles premiere at the 2024 UCLA Festival of Preservation.^[2]

Cast

• Werner Krauss as Bottom
• Valeska Gert as Puck
• Alexander Granach as Waldschrat

and in alphabetical order

• Hans Albers as Demetrius
• Charlotte Ander as Hermia
• Theodor Becker as Theseus
• Hans Behrendt
• Wilhelm Bendow as Flaut
• Paul Biensfeldt
• Walter Brandt as Schnock
• Tamara Geva as Oberon
• Ernst Gronau as Squenz
• Armand Guerra as Wenzel
• Paul Günther as Egeus
• Martin Jacob as Schlucker
• Adolf Klein
• Lori Leux as Titania
• André Mattoni as Lysander
• Fritz Rasp as Schnauz
• Rose Veldtkirch
• Barbara von Annenkoff as Helena
• Ruth Weyher as Hippolyta
• Bruno Ziener as Milon

References

1. Kreimeier p.101
2. "A Midsummer Night's Dream | UCLA Film & Television Archive". cinema.ucla.edu. Retrieved 5 February 2025.

Bibliography

• Kreimeier, Klaus. The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918-1945. University of California Press, 1999.

External links

• Wood Love at IMDb