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| Based on | As You Like It (play) by William Shakespeare |
| Produced by | Paul Czinner |
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| Cinematography | Harold Rosson |
| Edited by | David Lean |
| Music by | William Walton |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £180,000[1] |
As You Like It is a 1936 British romantic comedy film directed by Paul Czinner and starring Laurence Olivier as Orlando and Elisabeth Bergner as Rosalind.[2] 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 perform 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.
- ^ "Costly British Films For Melbourne". The Herald. Victoria, Australia. 10 December 1936. p. 44. Retrieved 13 May 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ "As You Like It". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 28 July 2024.