Hamlet
1964, Russian. Directed by Grigori Kozintsev.
Shakespeare's 17th century masterpiece about the "Melancholy Dane" was given one of its best screen treatments by Soviet director Grigori Kozintsev. Kozintsev's Elsinore was a real castle in Estonia, utilized metaphorically as the "stone prison" of the mind wherein Hamlet must confine himself in order to avenge his father's death. Hamlet himself is portrayed (by Innokenti Smoktunovsky) as the sole sensitive intellectual in a world made up of debauchers and revellers. Several of Kozintsev directorial choices seem deliberately calculated to inflame the purists: Hamlet's delivers his "To be or not to be" soliloquy with his back to the camera, allowing the audience to fill in its own interpretations.
- Runtime
- 2h 20m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Grigori KozintsevDirector
- Innokentiy SmoktunovskiyHamlet
- Anastasiya VertinskayaOphelia
- Mikhail NazvanovClaudius
- Elza RadziņaGertrude
- Yuriy TolubeevPolonius
- Igor DmitrievRosencrantz
- Vadim MedvedevGuildenstern
- Vladimir ErenbergHoratio
- Stepan OleksenkoLaertes
- Grigoriy GayGhost of Hamlet's Father
- Ants LauterPriest
- Viktor KolpakovGravedigger
Details
- Released
- 24 June 1964
- Original title
- Гамлет
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Grigori Kozintsev
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Hamlet: quick answers
Is Hamlet worth watching?
Our verdict is Worth the Hype: Clear your evening for this. It scores 7.2/10 from 58 TMDB viewer ratings.
How long is Hamlet?
Hamlet runs 140 minutes (2h 20m).
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Who directed Hamlet?
Hamlet (1964) was directed by Grigori Kozintsev and stars Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy, Anastasiya Vertinskaya, Mikhail Nazvanov.