Hamlet - The Dental Drama

Movie
Original title	Hamlet - The Dental Drama
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Publishing year	2019
length	3 minutes
Rod
Director	Frederic Lippe
script	Dominik Lippe
production	Family Film Factory
music	Kevin MacLeod
camera	Frederic Lippe
cut	Frederic Lippe
occupation
	Yannic Lippe : Hamlet;

Hamlet - The dental drama is a German short film by Frederic Lippe from 2019. The character played by Yannic Lippe struggles in the film with the question of whether he should brush his teeth. His lecture is based on the monologue To Be or Not to Be from the tragedy Hamlet by William Shakespeare . Dominik Lippe transferred excerpts from the German Shakespeare translation by August Wilhelm Schlegel to the subject of dental hygiene.

action

After getting up in the morning, Hamlet ponders whether to brush his teeth. In an inner monologue, he struggles with his comfort. When he glances at a tube of adhesive cream, he immediately decides to focus on his teeth.

Creation and publication

The Hamlet team - the dental drama with Joe Bausch , Doc Esser and Dirk Kropp from the jury of the short film competition Teeth good - all good

Hamlet - The dental drama was created in August 2019. After Dominik Lippe had written the script, the two-day filming and the recording of the monologue took place in Hagen . Then Frederic Lippe took over the post-production. He supplemented the lecture with Edvard Grieg's orchestral piece In der Halle des Bergkönigs in the version implemented by Kevin MacLeod and published under a free license.

After Lippe's music video Crest White District Anthem took third place in the short film competition Zahn gut - alles gut by proDente, he and his brothers submitted the film for the third edition of the competition. On September 5, 2019, the short film appeared on the YouTube channel about teeth good - all good . The organizers of the competition announced at the end of October that Hamlet - The Dental Drama would be on their shortlist. As one of six participants, the film was shown on November 13th at OFF Broadway Arthauskino Cologne. However, under the jury consisting of Joe Bausch , WDR presenter Doc Esser proDente managing director Dirk Kropp, the entry could not reach the top 3.

In mid-November, the television broadcaster NRWision published the short film in its media library. The television premiere took place on November 20th. In the following five days, the media platform Hamlet - The Dental Drama broadcast nine more times.

On November 23, 2019, Hamlet - The Dental Drama was shown out of competition as part of the 7th Hammer Short Film Nights in the youth church in Hamm. In spring 2020, the contribution made it into the official selection of the Cine-Maniacs Filmfest .