Hamlet_X (2003)

Director:

Herbert Fritsch

Writers:

Herbert Fritsch, William Shakespeare (play)

Stars:

Boris Aljinovic, Kathrin Angerer, Hendrik Arnst

Cast

Credited cast:
Boris Aljinovic	...	Rosencrantz
Kathrin Angerer	...	Ophelia
Hendrik Arnst	...	Laertes #2
Rosalind Baffoe
Rufus Beck	...	Insurance Salesman
Meret Becker	...	Hamlet
Alexander Beyer	...	Horatio
Josef Bierbichler	...	William Shakespeare
Margarita Broich	...	Gertrude #2
Frank Büttner	...	Psychologist
Burkhard Driest	...	Observer
Bela B. Felsenheimer	...	Maître des plaisirs
Samuel Finzi	...	Lucianus
Peter Fitz	...	Claudius #2
Herbert Fritsch	...	Claudius #3

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

jail | film within a film | ghost | divorce | drowning | 

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Taglines:

(2b)^ (2b)

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Genres:

Drama | Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

Germany

Language:

German

Release Date:

21 June 2003 (Germany)

Filming Locations:

Berlin, Germany

Company Credits

Production Co:

Koppfilm, Volksfilm der Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz

Technical Specs

Color:

Black and White Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Followed by Elf Onkel (2010)

User Reviews

Multi-media collage

Ambitious experimental project produced by Germany's Theatre Channel "ZDF-Theaterkanal", only recommended for viewers familiar with the play since it delivers a lot of fragments instead of a story: Distinguished German Actors play/sing/interpret various scenes (or, in the director Herbert Fritsch's words, "visions") from Hamlet, the whole thing adding up to a huge patchwork-puzzle of interpretations. Herbert Fritsch's basic assumption is that through the filter of "Hamlet" every possible story can be told. The end-result is a collage of silent-movie, animated, experimental and conventional sequences, surprising, diverting, confusing and very avant-garde.