Hamlet (1920)

User Rating:

7.9/10   

Directors:

Svend Gade
Heinz Schall

Writers:

Erwin Gepard (writer)
William Shakespeare (play)

Release Date:

8 November 1921 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Danish silent movie-star Asta Nielsen formed her own production company to make this film, in which...

Plot Keywords:

William Shakespeare | Shakespeare's Hamlet | Based On Book | Based On Play | Character Name In Title

Cast

Asta Nielsen	...	Prince Hamlet
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Fritz Achterberg	...	Fortinbras
Mathilde Brandt	...	Gertrude
Paul Conradi	...	King Hamlet
Anton De Verdier	...	Laertes
Lilly Jacobson	...	Ophelia
Hans Junkermann	...	Polonius
Heinz Stieda	...	Horatio
Eduard von Winterstein	...	Claudius

Runtime:

131 min | Argentina:111 min (restored version) | Germany:111 min (25 fps) (restored)

Country:

Germany

Color:

Color (tinted) | Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Silent

Certification:

Argentina:Atp

Filming Locations:

Jofa-Atelier, Johannisthal, Berlin, Germany

Company:

Art-Film GmbH

Trivia:

On 19 January 2007, the producers of the Berlin Film Festival announced that they would premiere the original color version of this movie. This version was previously thought to be lost.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Den talende muse - samtaler med Asta Nielsen (2003)

The great Dane plays the Great Dane

I saw this film at an Asta Nielson retrospective at the Melbourne Film Festival a few years ago. Nielsen plays Hamlet as a women in disguise and is simply fabulous, and essentially the whole show, appearing in just about every scene. It's easy to see why she was regarded as a great actress as well as a great star. The film itself is quite well done and features an incredible death scene that is unique in cinema history its films like this that archives should be releasing on dvd and video