Hamlet (1990)

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Movie
German title Hamlet
Original title Hamlet
Country of production UK , USA , France , Italy
original language English
Publishing year 1990
length 130 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Franco Zeffirelli
script Christopher De Vore
Franco Zeffirelli
after William Shakespeare
production Dyson Lovell
music Ennio Morricone
camera David Watkin
cut Richard Marden
occupation

Hamlet is the title of one of Franco Zeffirelli produced literature from the year 1990 with Mel Gibson in the lead role, which the eponymous play by William Shakespeare has to be presented.

action

Prince Hamlet of Denmark , a melancholy university student, learns shortly before his father's funeral that his mother, Gertrude, will marry his father's brother, Claudius. Horatio, a friend of Hamlet, learns that his father's ghost is still alive and that he can be found on the battlements of the castle. The ghost then informs Hamlet that he has been poisoned, that the perpetrator is Claudius and that he is to be avenged. Hamlet then wants to bring the truth to light.

The drama takes its course and ends with the prince's death.

criticism

“Zeffirelli focuses on the conflict of a man who is by nature a man of action and who is plunged into an existentialist crisis by the revenge order. Without radical new approaches to the interpretation, but convincing through good craftsmanship and a top-class actor ensemble. "

background

With period costumes and backdrops, Hamlet was shot on a budget of $ 20 million in Dover Castle , Dunnottar Castle and Blackness Castle .

As in Romeo and Juliet, the dialogues were adopted 1: 1 and little freedom of interpretation was allowed in order to realize the drama as authentically as possible.

Remarks

  • A mistake in the film concerns the choice of location for Helsingør . While Helsingør is actually flat, the film shows it as hilly.

Film awards

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Hamlet. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used