IS SHAKESPEARE DEAD?
In 2016, Stratford-upon-Avon will commemorate the 400th anniversary of the death of a man who made the small town famous around the world: William Shakespeare. In his book Is Shakespeare Dead?, now published in German for the first time, the American writer Mark Twain wrote about this one hundred years ago: "When Shakespeare died in Stratford, it was not an event. No one came from London, there were no funeral poems, no obituary, no national tears - there was only silence, and nothing else." Shot on original locations in England and France, with contemporary examples from the world of film and theater, Is Shakespeare Dead makes clear that Shakespeare's works are timelessly valid.
WRITER
Claus Bredenbrock
DIRECTOR
Claus Bredenbrock
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Benno Soukup, Bernd Meiners
EDITOR
Johannes Nakajima
SOUND
Ruth Reeh-Georgi, Jörg Johow
MUSIC
Ritchie Staringer
DESIGN
Arno Blumenstock
SOUND MIX
Uwe Lösekann
COLOUR CORRECTION
Lucas Keßler
HEAD OF PRODUCTION
Oliver Lau, Hannah Lenitzki
CREATIVE PRODUCER
Anna Steuber
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Marianne Schäfer
COMMISSIONING EDITOR
Mechtild Lehning
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
in coproduction with Radio Bremen
in collaboration with ARTE
in collaboration with ARTE