Learning on ScreenHamlet
- Alternative title
- Hamlet, Prinz von Dänemark
- Synopsis
- A German Federal Republic film originally made for Eurovision television. Schell’s direct, decisive and austere performance is played out against a bare and claustrophic setting an atmosphere complemented by Rolf Unkel’s discordant score.
- Language
- German (Standard)
- Country
- Germany
- Medium
- Film; Television
- Technical information
- Black-and-white / Sound
- Transmission details
- 1 Jan 1961 (Channel: ARD)
- Duration
- 152 mins
Credits
- Director
- Franz Peter Wirth
- Producer
- Hans Gottschalk
- Cinematographer
- Boris Goriup; Hermann Gruber; Kurt Gewissen; Rudolf H. Jakob
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Screenplay
- A.W. von Schlegel
- Music
- Rolf Unkel
- Costume
- Gerd Richter
- Cast
Additional Details
- Production type
- Fiction Films
- Plays
- Hamlet
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
- Related items
- Hamlet, Prinz von Danemark
Notes
- History
- The film was made for German television and originally broadcast by the ARD on 1/1/1961. It was shown theatrically in the United States, having being bought by Hollywood producer Edward Dmytryk. The film was dubbed into English (allegedly against Schell’s wishes who wanted subtitles) , the dubbing directed by Dmytryk. It was presented at the San Francisco Film Festival in 1962.
- Reviews
- Wilds, Lilian ‘On Film: Maximilian Schell’s Most Royal Hamlet’, Literature/Film Quarterly 4;2 (1976), pp. 134-40.
Production Company
Sponsor
Archive
- Name
Folger Shakespeare Library
- reference@folger.edu
- Web
- http://www.folger.edu External site opens in new window
- Phone
- (202) 544 4600
- Fax
- (202) 544 4623
- Address
- 201 East Capitol Street, SE
Washington
DC 20003
USA
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