Gamlet
- Alternative title
- Hamlet
- Synopsis
- Feature film version of the play, with a heavily cut text based on Pasternak’s translation. The political stance of the film-maker is to the fore, and the cinematography stark and elemental.
recently re-appraised as ‘the greatest cinematic Dane...Kozintsev makes the tragedy into a parable of power and powerlessness’ (The Guardian, 2019).
With English subtitles. - Language
- Russian
- Country
- Former USSR
- Medium
- Film
- Technical information
- Black-and-white / Sound
- Year of release
- 1964
- Duration
- 149 mins; 13,368 feet
Credits
- Director
- Grigori Kozintsev
- Cinematographer
- Jonas Gritsius
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Screenplay
- Grigori Kozintsev
- Music
- Dmitri Shostakovich
- Art Direction
- Georgi Kropachov; Yeugeni Yenei
- Cast
Additional Details
- Production type
- Fiction Films
- Historical period
- 16th Century
- Plays
- Hamlet
- Subjects
- Drama; Shakespeare
- Keywords
- drama in English; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- Notes
- Available on BoB: https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand/index.php/prog/013D2B30?bcast=121572031
Kozintsev’s two books on Shakespeare and film - Shakespeare: Time and Conscience (London: Dennis Dobson, 1967) and King Lear: the Space of Tragedy (New York: Hill & Wang, 1966) on KOROL LIR are richly rewarding accounts of the director’s views on Shakespeare and cinema. - General
- Filmed along the Estonian seacoast.
- Figures
- 21,100,000 (Admissions USSR). IMDb
- Awards
- BAFTA Film Award 1966 - Best Film From Any Source and Best Foreign Actor (Innokenti Smoktunovsky)
- Reviews
- Jorgens, Jack J. ‘Grigori Kozintsev’s Hamlet’ in Shakespeare on Film (Lanham, Maryland: University Press of America, 1991). pp. 218-334.
Online Availability
- Online URL
- https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand/index.php/prog/013D2B30?bcast=121572031
- Online format
- Streamed
Production Company
- Name
Lenfilm
Distributor
- Name
Learning on Screen Off-Air Recording Back-up Service
- services@bufvc.ac.uk
- Web
- http://bufvc.ac.uk/tvandradio/offair External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7393 1514
- Fax
- 020 7393 1555
- Address
- For Learning on Screen Members only
77 Wells Street
London
W1T 3QJ
- Name
Retail outlets
Distributor (Hire)
- Name
BFI Film Bookings Unit
- bookings.films@bfi.org.uk
- Web
- http://www.bfi.org.uk/about-bfi/help-faq/film-bookings External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7957 8938 / 8935
- Address
- 21 Stephen Street
London
W1T 1LN
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Gamlet". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/9194 (Accessed 19 Sep 2024)