John V. Hansen Footage of Hamelt at Kronberg

Synopsis: Silent amateur film shot by John V. Hansen, engineer and member of the Amateur Cinema League, of a performance of Tyrone Guthrie’s Hamlet at Kronberg Castle, Elsinore, Denmark with Laurence Olivier as Hamlet. The first title card states that ‘the oldest metropolitan daily Berlingske Tidende of Copenhagen presents the Old Vic at Kronberg’. The second title states ‘snappy colour-shots from different angles of Scenes from Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’'. Film shows audience, cast getting ready and shots taken throughout the play. [With acknowledgement to the Human Studies Film Archives for the synopsis].
Country: Denmark; United States
Medium: Film
Technical information: Colour / Silent
Notes: Title supplied by the Human Studies Film Archive cataloguer.
Subjects: Drama
Keywords: amateur films; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Open-air theatre

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