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. It is based on William Shakespeare’s play of the same name. It was Olivier’s first performance of Shakespeare on screen.

Plot
A Duke usurps his brother’s land and power, banishing him and his entourage into the forest of Arden. The banished Duke’s daughter, Rosalind, remains with her cousin Celia. She has fallen in love with Orlando, but he has his own tyrannical brother with whom to contend, so he joins those in the forest. Rosalind, now banished, disguises herself as a young man, with Celia as her servant, and follows Orlando into the forest. There, nature stirs love’s fires in various rustics as well as in those from the court. Phebe, a shepherdess loved by Silvius, is smitten with the disguised Rosalind. Can true love find a way, and can brothers be reconciled and harmony restored?

Cast
Elisabeth Bergner as Rosalind. Rosalind is the daughter of the senior Duke. Bergner was an Austrian actress who had played Rosalind in Germany before moving to the US.
Laurence Olivier as Orlando. Orlando is the youngest son of Sir Rowland de Boys. This film marked the first time that Olivier had played a Shakespeare character on film; among Olivier’s Shakespeare performances in feature films, it was the only one not nominated for an Academy Award.
Sophie Stewart as Celia. Celia is the daughter of Duke Frederick.
Henry Ainley as Duke Senior, who has been banished.
Leon Quartermaine as Jacques. Jacques is an inquisitive and melancholy Lord attending Duke Senior.
Felix Aylmer as Duke Frederick, who has banished his brother.