Hamlet
About Hamlet
Queen Gertrude disguises her daughter as a boy so she can live as Prince Hamlet and hold the line. Claudius kills the king with a snake. Hamlet pretends to be mad while she looks into the murder. Asta Nielsen plays Hamlet and produced the film. The reading comes from Edward P. Vining's The Mystery of Hamlet: Hamlet was born a girl and raised as a boy. It is also called Hamlet: The Drama of Vengeance. The places named are Helsingør and Wittenberg.
Cast & crew
More about Hamlet
Svend Gade and Heinz Schall directed. Franz Richard Behrens wrote the script from Shakespeare's play. Curt Courant and Axel Graatkjær photographed it. Giuseppe Becce wrote the music. Wikidata times it at 131 minutes. Heinz Stieda, Eduard von Winterstein, and Hans Junkermann are billed. The New York Times said the film holds a secure place in class with the best. A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Themes
Reviews
The New York Times said the film holds a secure place in class with the best.
Look
Curt Courant and Axel Graatkjær photographed the Johannisthal sets.
Music
Giuseppe Becce wrote the music.
Preservation
A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Notes
- Nielsen is a Danish actress in a German production.
- The snake, not a poured poison, is the murder in this version.
- The Commons file names both Gade and Schall.
Scenes
- Gertrude presents her daughter to the court as Prince Hamlet.
Influenced by
- Shakespeare's Hamlet
- Edward P. Vining's The Mystery of Hamlet
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (Hamlet 1921)