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Coordinates: 49°53′31″N 2°17′56″E / 49.892°N 2.299°E / 49.892; 2.299
Amiens (French pronunciation: [amjɛ̃]) is a city and commune in northern France, 120 km (75 mi) north of Paris and 100 km (62 mi) south-west of Lille. It is the capital of the Somme department in Picardy. The city had a population of 136,105 according to the 2006 census.
Originally called Samarobriva ("Somme bridge") by the Gauls, the town was later given the name Ambianum by the Romans as it was a settlement of the Gallic Ambiani people. The Ambiani derive their name from the Gaulish word ambe meaning 'river' – a reference to the Somme that flows through Amiens.
The Paleolithic culture named Acheulean was named for its first identified site, in Saint-Acheul, a neighbourhood of Amiens.
Amiens, the Roman Samarobriva, was the central settlement of the Ambiani, one of the principal tribes of Gaul, who were issuing coinage, probably from Amiens, in the 1st century BC. By tradition, it was at the gates of Amiens that Saint Martin of Tours, at the time still a Roman soldier, shared his cloak with a naked beggar. The prosperity of the city made it a target for barbarian tribes such as the Alans, the Burgundians or the Vandals. They conquered the city several times.
Actors: Graham Greene (actor), Tom Bower (actor), William Shakespeare (writer), Eloy Casados (actor), Jeff Lorch (actor), Stanislav Shkilnyi (miscellaneous crew), Tim Estep (producer), Tui Asau (actor), Wade Vanover (editor), Brian Lee Franklin (actor), Branton Box (actor), Matt Pascua (actor), Geoffrey Anderson (actor), Grant Jordan (actor), Grant Jordan (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: William Shakespeare (writer), Arielle Brachfeld (actress), Michael Navarra (actor), Michael Navarra (actor), Anna Ross (actress), Angela Gulner (actress), Jacqueline Guzman Cereceres (actress), Joseph Matarrese (producer), Corey J. Roberts (actor), Phillip Matarrese (producer), Marika Sonja Cotter (writer), Skip Emerson (actor), Alan Kaiser (actor), Marika Sonja Cotter (director), Marika Sonja Cotter (producer),
Plot: LOVE: As You Like It - adapted from Shakespeare's romantic comedy As You Like It - takes viewers on a wild ride through San Francisco's artistic and culturally diverse Mission District as a group of dynamic characters struggle with what it means to love, and to be loved. Using Shakespeare's original language, the film follows free-spirited Rosalind and her cheeky cousin Celia as they throw off the shackles of childhood, disguise themselves as hipsters and run away to the city in order to experience life and love at its fullest. Along the way, they encounter a motley crew of San Francisco misfits including sensitive Silvius and his unrequited punk love Phebe, lugubrious stand-up comic Jacques and his blue-haired friend Audrey, and more. When the girls stumble on lovesick Orlando, who, blinded by love, is unable to see past Rosalind's masculine disguise, they decide to have a little fun. Rosalind, seizing the opportunity to test her love's love, offers to cure his sickness - all he has to do is call her Rosalind. After some hesitation, he agrees, and with that, she enacts every single womanly cliché she can think of in an attempt to make him hate her - something, she finally realizes, he is simply not capable of doing.
Keywords: based-on-play, love, san-francisco-bay, shakespeare's-as-you-like-itActors: Robert Budreau (producer), William Shakespeare (writer), Robert Budreau (director), Robert Budreau (writer), Victor Ertmanis (actor), Brent Carver (actor), Des McAnuff (director), Des McAnuff (miscellaneous crew), Mitch Lackie (editor), Randy Hughson (actor), Michael Roth (composer), Thayer Radic (producer), Dan Chameroy (actor), Tom Rooney (actor), Tom Rooney (actor),
Genres: Musical, Short,Actors: Kenneth Branagh (writer), Patrick Doyle (composer), Kenneth Branagh (producer), Alfred Molina (actor), Kenneth Branagh (producer), William Shakespeare (writer), Janet McTeer (actress), Brian Blessed (actor), Kenneth Branagh (actor), Patrick Doyle (actor), Richard Briers (actor), Kevin Kline (actor), Brian Blessed (actor), Steve Dent (miscellaneous crew), Kenneth Branagh (director),
Plot: Rosalind, the daughter of Duke Senior (the banished duke), is raised at the court of Duke Frederick (who is younger brother to Duke Senior and took over his dukedom), with her cousin Celia (daughter to Duke Frederick). She falls in love with a young man named Orlando, but before she can even think twice about it, she is banished by Duke Frederick, who threatens death if she comes near the court again. Celia, being Rosalind's best friend, goes with Rosalind (who is disguised as a boy, Ganymede) and Touchstone, the court's fool, to the forest of Arden. Upon their arrival in the forest, they happen upon Orlando and his manservant, who are fleeing the wrath of Orlando's eldest brother. What follows is an elaborate scheme devised by the cross-dressing Rosalind to find out the verity of Orlando's supposed passion for her, and to further capture his heart, through the witty and mischievous façade of Ganymede.
Keywords: based-on-play, court-jester, cross-dressing, disguise, exile, forest, idyllic-setting, interracial-relationship, melancholy, shakespeareActors: William Shakespeare (writer), Kristian Halken (actor), Steen Stig Lommer (actor), Thomas Grimm (producer), Anette Støvelbæk (actress), Camilla Bendix (actress), Charlotte Fich (actress), Helge Scheuer (actor), Peter Gilsfort (actor), Joen Bille (actor), Ole Reim (producer), Susanne Juhász (actress), Peter Oliver Hansen (actor), Johannes Lilleøre (actor), Lars Junggren (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Romance,Actors: William Shakespeare (writer), Timothy Bateson (actor), Helen Mirren (actress), John Moulder-Brown (actor), David Prowse (actor), James Bolam (actor), Arthur Hewlett (actor), John Wilders (miscellaneous crew), Cedric Messina (producer), Alan Shallcross (miscellaneous crew), Robin Fraser-Paye (costume designer), Geraldine Stephenson (miscellaneous crew), Chris Sullivan (actor), Clive Francis (actor), John Quentin (actor),
Plot: Orlando is forced to work like a servant for his brother Oliver, so he goes to win his fortune in a wrestling contest, where he meets a lady of the court, Rosalind. Rosalind (daughter of the deposed duke) is companion to Celia, niece of the deposed Duke, and when the current duke banishes Rosalind from the kingdom, she, Celia, the court jester (and incidentally Orlando) all end up in the forest or Arden, where the deposed Duke holds court. Romantic mixups, cross-dressing, love poems nailed to trees, and a lion await them all.
Keywords: based-on-play, shakespeare's-as-you-like-itActors: Hugo Lindinger (actor), Peter Fricke (actor), Friedrich Maurer (actor), Martin Benrath (actor), Gaby Dohm (actress), Horst Sachtleben (actor), William Shakespeare (writer), Hans-Michael Rehberg (actor), Hannes Kaetner (actor), Dietrich Kerky (actor), Karl Maria Schley (actor), Herbert Mensching (actor), Hans Lietzau (director), Siegmar Schneider (actor), Barbara Nüsse (actress),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Ian Richardson (actor), Vanessa Redgrave (actress), William Shakespeare (writer), Patrick Allen (actor), Rosalind Knight (actress), Max Adrian (actor), Patrick Wymark (actor), Bill Wallis (actor), Declan Mulholland (actor), Gordon Gostelow (actor), John Normington (actor), Patsy Byrne (actress), Clifford Rose (actor), Brian Harrison (actor), Russell Hunter (actor),
Genres: ,Actors: Alexander Engel (actor), Karl John (actor), Horst Naumann (actor), Hans Schwarz Jr. (actor), Claus Tinney (actor), Käte Jaenicke (actress), Ludwig Berger (writer), Ludwig Berger (director), Heinz Giese (actor), Luitgard Im (actress), Almut Eggert (actress), Sigurd Lohde (actor), Joachim Röcker (actor), Robert Taube (actor), Rüdiger Renn (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Maurice Costello (actor), Frank Currier (actor), Leo Delaney (actor), Charles Eldridge (actor), Robert Gaillard (actor), Tefft Johnson (actor), Charles Kent (actor), Hughie Mack (actor), Charles Kent (producer), William Shakespeare (writer), J. Stuart Blackton (director), Charles Kent (director), James Young (director), Harry T. Morey (actor), James Morrison (actor),
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