Hamlet

Synopsis

Finnish television adaptation of Hamlet with Heikki Kinnunen in the title role. The entry on the International Movie Database notes that the play is ‘set partly in spectacular natural caves and partly in modern dress in contemporary Helsinki’.

Language

Finnish

Country

Finland

Medium

Television

Technical information

Colour / Sound

Transmission details

2 Jan 1992 (Channel: TV1 (Finland))

Duration

213 mins

Credits

Director

Jotaarkka Pennanen

Producer

Terttu Talonen

Cinematographer

Arto Roysko

Writer

William Shakespeare

Music

Matti Bergstrom; Pirjo Bergstrom

Production Design

Kalevi Liski

Costume

Satu-Marja Nygren

Adaptor for Television

Jotaarkka Pennanen

Cast

Heikki Kinnunen	Hamlet
Eero Melasniemi	Claudius
Seela Sella	Gertrude
Ona Kamu	Ophelia
Hannu Happonen	Captain
Heikki Maattanen	Guildenstern
Ismo Saario	Cornelius
Kai Lehtinen	Laertes
Kari Kinnaslamoi	Osric
Markku Blomqvist	Barnardo
Markku Toikka	Priest
Matti Oravisto	Voltemand
Mikko Kivinen	Gravedigger
Ossi Ahlapuro	Marcellus
Paavo Pentikainen	Gravedigger
Seppe Paakkonen	Rosencrantz
Vesa Makela	Horatio
Voitto Nurmi	Francisco

Additional Details

Production type

Television and Radio Drama

Historical period

Contemporary

Plays

Hamlet

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

General

Contains the world’s largest hand-painted set backdrop (15x70 metres) depicting Michelangelo’s ‘Last Judgement’. Featured in The Guinness Book of Records.

Production Company

Name

Interactive Film Productions

Name

Yleisradio

Archive

Name

National Audiovisual Archive, Finland

Email

sea@sea.fi

Web

http://www.sea.fi External site opens in new window

Phone

+358-9-615 400

Fax

+359-9-6154 0242

Address

Box 177
Pursimiehenkatu 29-31
Helsinki
Finland

Notes

The named changed to National Audiovisual Archive from Finnish Film Archive in January 2008.