Hamlet, We wsi Glucha Dolna

Alternative title
Hamlet in the Middle of Nowhere
Synopsis
Made for television film. The play is set in the late 1940s, and tells the story about an official in a small mountain village and his attempt to put on a production of Hamlet. It was interpreted as a sharp criticism of Communism as manifested through the tyranny of petty and ignorant officials, and the phrase ‘Mrdusa Donja’ entered Croatian vocabulary as a description of all the phenomena associated with it.
Language
Polish
Country
Poland
Medium
Film; Television
Technical information
Colour / Sound
Transmission details
9 Mar 1987 (Channel: Teatr TV - TVP1)
Duration
114 mins
Availability
No archive copy found (2006)

Credits

Director
Olga Lipinska
Cinematographer
Marita Lipcowna
Writer
Ivo Bresan
Music
Krzysztof Knittel
Production Design
Jerzy Gorazdowski
Cast
Beata PozniakOphelia
Janusz GajosMate Bukara
Stanislawa Celinska 

Additional Details

Production type
Fiction Films
Plays
Hamlet
Subjects
Drama
Keywords
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Amateur theatre

Notes

General
The play was also filmed by Krsto Papic in 1973 with the title PREDSTAVA HAMLETA U SELU MRDSU DONJA
Textual information
Translated by Stanislaw Kaszynski

Production Company

Name

Teatr Telewizji

How to cite this record

Shakespeare, "Hamlet, We wsi Glucha Dolna". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av66513 (Accessed 12 Nov 2024)