Overview

Based upon Shakespeare′s "Twelfth Night", the movie tells the story of the Duke of Illyria who is in love with the Countess Olivia. Olivia, however, keeps eluding him. When the Duke sends her a page to bring her a message, Olivia falls in love with the messenger who is in fact a woman called Viola. After she was shipwrecked on the shores of Illyria, Viola assumed the role of her missing brother. She cannot return Olivia′s love because she, in turn, adores the Duke.

Top Cast

Annekathrin Bürger

Olivia

Herwart Grosse

Malvollo

Rolf Herricht

Fernsehreporter

Brigitte Krause

Maria

Peter Kiwitt

Majordomo

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Günter Rüger

Barbier

Helga Čočková

Arno Wyzniewski

Hans Lucke

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Hans-Joachim Hegewald

Rolf Römer

Herbert Graedtke