Twelfth Night: Or What You Will (1996 film)

Twelfth Night also known as Twelfth Night Or What You Will is a 1996 British film adaptation of William Shakespeares play, directed by Trevor Nunn and featuring an allstar cast. The adaptation is given a northern Central European feel, set in the late 19th century, with Orsino and his followers shown wearing Czapka headgear, often associated with Prussian or Polish army officers of the time. It was filmed on location in Cornwall including scenes shot at Padstow and Lanhydrock House, Bodmin.

Orsino is madly infatuated by Countess Olivia Helena Bonham Carter, who is in mourning due to her brothers recent death. She uses the tragedy as an excuse to avoid seeing the Duke, whom she does not love. He sends Cesario to do his wooing and Olivia falls in love with the messenger, unaware of Cesarios real gender. Realising Olivias feelings for her alter ego, Viola is caught in even more of quandary in that she is in love with Orsino.Meanwhile, elements of Olivias household plot against her pompous steward Malvolio Nigel Hawthorne by tricking him into believing that Olivia loves him. Malvolio even wears a toupe to appear younger than he is. His attempts to woo her, however, are met with bewilderment by Olivia who has him committed, where he is subjected to further humiliations by Maria Imelda Staunton, Feste Ben Kingsley and Sir Toby Belch Mel Smith. ........

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