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24 June 1964 (Soviet Union) morePlot Keywords:
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Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 3 wins & 3 nominations moreUser Comments:
A great film now on DVD moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Innokenti Smoktunovsky | ... | Hamlet |
| Mikhail Nazvanov | ... | King |
| Elza Radzina | ... | Queen (as Elsa Radzina-Szolkonis) |
| Yuri Tolubeyev | ... | Polonius |
| Anastasiya Vertinskaya | ... | Ophelia |
| Vadim Medvedev | ... | Guildenstern |
| Vladimir Erenberg | ... | Horatio |
| Stepan Oleksenko | ... | Laertes |
| Igor Dmitriyev | ... | Rosencrantz |
| Grigori Gaj | ||
| Rein Aren | ||
| A. Krevalid | ... | Fortinbras |
| Yuri Berkun | ||
| Ants Lauter | ... | Priest |
| Viktor Kolpakov | ... | Gravedigger |
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140 min | France:148 minCountry:
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2.35 : 1 moreSound Mix:
4-Track StereoFilming Locations:
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I share the previous reviewer's high estimation of this wonderful film. It is a highly political and imaginative interpretation of Hamlet, making Hamlet a man of action who is nevertheless alienated at court. The opening sequence is a stunning interpretation of Hamlet's view that the time is out of joint--Hamlet rushes back to court on horseback even as the flags of mourning are being unfurled. Claudius's speech is delivered by a herald and then translated by ambassadors. When we get to Claudius giving the rest of it to his court, it's not clear how much time, if any, has passed. nor is it clear who is in command (who is giving the orders that the flags be unfurled, cannons fired, the proclamation read, and so on). When Claudius finally addresses Hamlet aft the camera tracks him moving right down the table of courtiers, Hamlet's chair is empty. the opening sequence also moves from open external spaces ( a shot of the sea, a long shot of the land, and moves to increasingly shut in , interior spaces (the castle gates drop as the music gets ominous) to suggest that Denmark is indeed a prison. Visually and musically the film is very rich. I would rank this as the best of the filmed Hamlets.