Hamlet, We wsi Glucha Dolna

Alternative title

Hamlet in the Middle of Nowhere

Synopsis

Made for television film. The play is set in the late 1940s, and tells the story about an official in a small mountain village and his attempt to put on a production of Hamlet. It was interpreted as a sharp criticism of Communism as manifested through the tyranny of petty and ignorant officials, and the phrase ‘Mrdusa Donja’ entered Croatian vocabulary as a description of all the phenomena associated with it.

Language

Polish

Country

Poland

Medium

Film; Television

Technical information

Colour / Sound

Transmission details

9 Mar 1987 (Channel: Teatr TV - TVP1)

Duration

114 mins

Availability

No archive copy found (2006)

Credits

Director

Olga Lipinska

Cinematographer

Marita Lipcowna

Writer

Ivo Bresan

Music

Krzysztof Knittel

Production Design

Jerzy Gorazdowski

Cast

Beata Pozniak	Ophelia
Janusz Gajos	Mate Bukara
Stanislawa Celinska

Additional Details

Production type

Fiction Films

Plays

Hamlet

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Amateur theatre

Notes

General

The play was also filmed by Krsto Papic in 1973 with the title PREDSTAVA HAMLETA U SELU MRDSU DONJA

Textual information

Translated by Stanislaw Kaszynski

Production Company

Name

Teatr Telewizji