Hamlet

Synopsis

Fiction film of Hamlet filmed at Kronborg Castle Elsinore. Alwin Neuss is Hamlet.

Country

Denmark

Medium

Film

Technical information

Black-and-white / Silent

Year of release

1910

Duration

11 mins; 972 feet

Availability

Presumed a lost film.

Credits

Director

August Blom

Screenplay

Oluf Jensen

Cast

Alwin Neuss	Hamlet
Aage Hertel	Claudius
Ella La Cour	Gertrude
Emilie Sannom	Ophelia
Axel Mattson
Carl Rosenbaum
Einar Zangenberg	Laertes
Oscar Langkilde	Horatio
Rigmor Jerichau

Additional Details

Production type

Fiction Films

Plays

Hamlet

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Notes

The length of the film varied in the advertisements appearing in England and France; the variance was probably due to the titling.

Reviews

Ball, Robert Hamilton. Shakespeare on Silent Film: A Strange Eventful History. London: George Allen and Unwin, 1968 (p.108-12, 330, 337)

Production Company

Name

Nordisk