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Hamlet
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Paul Conradi | ... |
König Hamlet
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Mathilde Brandt | ... |
Königin Gertrude
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| Eduard von Winterstein | ... |
Claudius
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Heinz Stieda | ... |
Horatio
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| Hans Junkermann | ... |
Polonius
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Anton de Verdier | ... |
Laertes
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| Lilly Jacobson | ... |
Ophelia
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Fritz Achterberg | ... |
Fortinbras,
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Directed by
| Svend Gade | ||
| Heinz Schall | ||
Written by
| Erwin Gepard | ... | (manuscript) |
| William Shakespeare | ... | (play) (uncredited) |
| Edward P. Vining | ... | (book) (as Professor Vining) |
Produced by
| Asta Nielsen | ... | producer |
Music by
| Giuseppe Becce | ||
Cinematography by
| Curt Courant | ||
| Axel Graatkjær | ||
Art Direction by
| Svend Gade | ||
| Siegfried Wroblewsky | ||
Costume Design by
| Hugo Baruch | ||
| Leopold Verch | ||
Music Department
| Ambroise Thomas | ||
Production Companies
Distributors
- Asta Films (1921) (United States) (theatrical)
- Kinografen (1921) (Norway) (theatrical)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Deutsches Filminstitut (DIF) (restoration carried out by)
- Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) (restoration production)
- ARTE (restoration production)
Storyline
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Danish silent movie-star Asta Nielsen formed her own production company to make this film, in which new elements are combined with features (and a few lines) familiar from Shakespeare's version of the legend. The most important of these changes sees Hamlet made into a female character - a princess forced to masquerade as a man by her scheming mother; from this follows Hamlet's secret passion for Horatio and rivalry with Ophelia for his love. Queen Gertrude is here presented as conspiring in her first husband's murder, and the old king's ghost does not appear - young Hamlet merely hears a voice from the tomb and (apparently) dreams of him. In addition, Hamlet now kills Claudius (in a fire) immediately upon returning from Norway with an army led by old school- friend Fortinbras, and it falls to Gertrude to engineer Hamlet's death in the fencing match as well as kill herself by accidentally drinking the poisoned wine.
Written by Mark Doran |
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Did You Know?
| 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. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in Asta Nielsen (1968). See more » |