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Tragiska Historien om Hamlet, Den

Alternative title
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Synopsis
A Swedish made-for-television film version of Hamlet. The interpretation, which eliminates over half the play’s text, is heavily influenced by Kozintsev. Stellan Skarsgaard is Hamlet.
Language
Swedish
Country
Sweden
Medium
Television
Technical information
Colour / Sound
Transmission details
7 Jan 1985 (Channel: SVT 1)
Duration
160 mins

Credits

Director
Ragnar Lyth
Cinematographer
John Olsson
Writer
Jan Mark
Cast
Stellan SkarsgaardHamlet
Frej LindquistClaudius
Mona MalmGertrude
Pernella WallgenOphelia
Dag NorgaardFortinbras
Dan EkborgLaertes
Johannes BrostGuildenstern
Mikael RundquistOsric
Per EggersHoratio
Tomas BolmeRosencrantz

Additional Details

Production type
Television and Radio Drama
Plays
Hamlet
Subjects
Drama
Keywords
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Related items
Joseph Papp Discusses the Movie ‘Den Tragiska Historien om Hamlet-Prins av Denmark’

Notes

Notes
The US broadcast was followed by a discussion of the film by Joseph Papp and Diane Venora. The LC copy is minus this interview, presented as part of A Festival of Swedish Television and introduced by Wilhelm Wachtmeister, Swedish Ambassador to the US.
General
The filming took place in location in Sweden in the abandoned 19th-century Nobel dynamite factory.
History
Transmitted in the US WYNC-TV 7 February 1987 and re-broadcast on WYNC-TC (Channel 31) 11 May 1987 at 20.00.
Reviews
Bernice W. Kliman, Shakespeare on Film Newsletter Vol.11, no.2, April 1987, 1+4.

Production Company

Name

MovieMakers

Archive

Name

Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting & Recorded Sound Division

Web
http://catalog.loc.gov/ External site opens in new window
Phone
(20) 707-8572
Fax
(20) 707-237’1
Address
Motion Picture & Television Reading Room
James Madison Building, LM 336
101 Independence Avenue, SE
Washington, D.C.
20540-4690
United States
Name

National Library of Sweden, Department of Audiovisual Media

Email
foexp@kb.se
Web
http://www.smdb.kb.se External site opens in new window
Phone
=46 (0) 10-709 30 20
Fax
+46 (0)10-709 39 34
Address
Research Service
Box 5039
102 41 Stockholm
Sweden
Notes
The Swedish National Archive of Recorded Sound and Moving Images (SLBA) ceased to exist as a public authority in its own right at the end of 2008. As of 1 January 2009, it operate as the Department of Audiovisual Media under the National Library of Sweden.

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