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Ariel/Hamlet Goes Business

Alternative title
Hamlet Gets Business Hamlet Goes Business
Synopsis
Feature film. A re-working in film noir style of Hamlet. Old Hamlet is president of a Helsinki timber mining and shipping empire. He is poisoned by his managing director, Klaus (Salminen), so that he and Gertrud (Salo) can marry. When Hamlet (Petelius) is ordered to avenge the murder by his father’s ghost, he attempts to stop Klaus’s plan to sell the business to a Norwegian tycoon in return for control of the company Swedish Rubber Ducks.
Language
Finnish
Country
Finland
Medium
Film; Video; Videocassette. VHS. col/b&w. 160 min.
Technical information
Colour / Sound
Year of release
1987
Year of production
1987
Subjects
Drama
Keywords
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Credits

Director
Aki Kaurismäki
Producer
Aki Kaurismäki
Cinematographer
Timo Salminen
Screenplay
Aki Kaurismäki
Music
Elmore James
Art Direction
Pertti Hilkamo
Cast
Aake Kalliala 
Elina Salo 
Esko Salminen 
Kari Vaananen 
Karl Vaananen 
Kati Outinen 
Pentti Auer 
Petelius Pirkka-Pekka 
Turo Pajala 

Production Company

Name

Villealfa Filmproduction Oy

Archive

Name

Folger Shakespeare Library

Email
reference@folger.edu
Web
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Phone
(202) 544 4600
Fax
(202) 544 4623
Address
201 East Capitol Street, SE
Washington
DC 20003
USA
Name

Shakespeare Institute Library

Email
silib@bham.ac.uk
Web
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Phone
01789 293384
Fax
01879 292021
Address
Church Street
Stratford-upon-Avon
CV37 6HP

Online Retailer

Name

amazon.co.uk

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