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Hamlet (Restored Colour Version)

Synopsis
A restored colour version of HAMLET directed by Sven Gade and Heinz Schall with Asta Nielsen as Hamlet and a new score composed by Michael Riessler.
Country
Germany
Medium
Film
Technical information
Colour / Sound
Year of release
2007
Duration
110 mins

Credits

Director
Heinz Schall; Svend Gade
Cinematographer
Axel Graatkjaar; Curt Courant
Screenplay
Erwin Gepard
Music
Michael Riessler
Costume
Hugo Baruch; L. Verch
Cast
Asta NielsenHamlet
Eduard von WintersteinClaudius
Mathilde BrandtGertrude
Hans JunkermannPolonius
Lilly JacobssenOphelia
Anton de VerdierLaertes
Fritz AchterbergFortinbras
Heinz SteidaHoratio
Paul ConradiGhost

Additional Details

Production type
Fiction Films
Plays
Hamlet
Subjects
Drama
Keywords
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Gender reversal

Notes

Notes
The restoration of the German premiere version by the Deutsches Filminstitut is based on a tinted distribution print in the Deutsches Filminstitut (DIF). Missing and damaged sequences were supplemented by footage from the French distribution version held in the Centre National de la Cinematographie. Both prints were made from the same negative in the early 1920s. The German intertitles match the exact wording recorded in the German censorship record issued on 10 November 1920.

The restoration received financial support from ZDF in collaboration with ARTE and the Hessische Kulturstiftung.

The film was released in July 2011 as a 2 disc set and includes DER ELEKTRONISCHE HAMLET (2008, d. Achim Forst) and DIE FILMRIMADONNA (1913, d. Gade). The DVD of HAMLET includes a 20-page bilingual booklet with essays by Holger Ziegler, Thomas Worschech and Anke Mebold.
History
The film received its world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival on 10 February 2007. UK premiere at the British Shakespeare Association 3rd Annual Conference at the University of Warwick 31st August 2007.
Reviews
Thompson, Ann ‘Asta Nielsen and the Mystery of HAMLET’ in Boose, Lynda E. & Richard Burt (eds)Shakespeare, the Movie. London: Routledge, 1997. pp 215-224.

Production Company

Name

Art-Film

Archive

Name

Deutsches Filminstitut - DIF

Email
schurig@deutsches-filminstitut.de
Web
http://www.deutsches-filminstitut.de External site opens in new window
Phone
0611 97 000 10
Fax
0611 97 000 15
Address
Filmarchiv
Kreuzberger Ring 56
65205 Wiesbaden
Germany

Distributor (Sale)

Name

ZDF - Programme Service

Email
programmservice@zdf.de
Web
http://www.theaterkanal.de/fernsehen/mitschnitt/ External site opens in new window
Phone
0049-(0)6131/70 9510
Fax
0049-(0)06131/70 9515
Address
HA ABD, Programmverwertung und -übernahme
ZDF-Straße 1
Mainz
55100
Germany

Online Retailer

Name

Edition Filmmuseum

Email
info@edition-filmmuseum.com
Web
http://www.edition-filmmuseum.com/ External site opens in new window
Phone
+49 89 5161 660
Fax
+49 89 2366 1220
Address
Film & Kunst GmbH
Herzog-Wilhelm-Str. 27
Munich
80331
Germany
Notes
Edition Filmmuseum is a joint project of film archives and cultural institutions in the German-speaking part of Europe. Its ambition is to publish film works of artistic, cultural and historical value in DVD editions that both utilise the possibilities of digital media and meet the quality demands of the archival profession. Participating archives include Bonner Kinemathek, Bundesarchiv, Cinémathèque de la Ville de Luxembourg, Cinémathèque Suisse, Deutsche Kinemathek, Deutsches Filminstitut, Filmmuseum Düsseldorf, Filmmuseum München, Filmmuseum Potsdam, Goethe-Institut, and Österreichisches Filmmuseum. DVDs are organised under the headings: German films, International cinema, Documentaries, Films about film, Short film collections, Filmed literature, Silent movies, Film and Art, and DVD collections. There are both German and English language versions of the website. Sale on DVD. All the films of an author or a theme are offered as a DVD collection for a reduced price.

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