Hamlet

Synopsis
A Polish television version of Hamlet directed for stage by Lukasz Barczyk and adapted for television by Janusz Rudnicki with Michal Czernecki in the title role.
Language
Polish
Country
Poland
Medium
Television
Technical information
Colour / Sound
Transmission details
29 Mar 2004 (Channel: Teatr TV - TVP1)
Duration
110 mins

Credits

Director
Janusz Rudnicki; Lukasz Barczyk
Cinematographer
Pawel Edelman
Writer
William Shakespeare
Music
Jacek Ostazewski
Production Design
Maksymilian Szoc
Costume
Magdelena Maciejewska
Adaptor for Television
Jozef Paszkowski
Cast
Michal CzerneckiHamlet
Janusz GajosClaudius
Grazyna SzapolowskaGertrude
Zbigniew ZapasiewiczPolonius
Kamilla BaarOphelia
Andrzej ChyraLaertes
Eric StepniewskiVoltemand
Jacek PoniedzialekHoratio
Jan FryczGhost
Jan FryczPlayer King
Jerzy NowakGravedigger
Lola LouPlayer Queen
Maciej KozlowskiBarnardo
Michal ZurawskiMarcellus
Redbad KlynstraGuildenstern
Tomasz DomanskiFortinbras
Wojciech KalarusRosencrantz
Zbigniew KosowskiCornelius

Additional Details

Theatre company
Teatr Telewizji
Production type
Television and Radio Drama
Historical period
No period
Plays
Hamlet
Subjects
Drama
Keywords
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

General
HAMLET was the first of four artistic projects entitled "Pearls of the Millennium." The tag essentially promoted the main sponsor of the enterprise, the Millennium Bank, but the phrase also attempts to describe outstanding works of art that are meaningful for the new millennium.

Barczyk’s HAMLET is set in an undefined historical period which combines post-punk leather jackets and swords. The spectacular interiors of an old salt mine at Wieliczka make Elsinor a mysterious, cold and monumental place. The translation is into stylised 17th century Polish.
Textual information
Translated into Polish by Jozef Paszkowski
Reviews
Cieslak, Magdelena. Shakespeare Bulletin 24, no. 1 (2006), pp47-55. "Hamlet wears a worn-out leather jacket, combining the charm of James Dean with Sid Vicious" (Cieslak).
Fabiszak, Jacek, Polish Televised Shakespeares: a Study of Shakespeare Productions Within the Television Theatre Format (Poznan: Motivex, 2005). pp. 243-8, 251-9.

Production Company

Name

Teatr Telewizji

Sponsor

Name

Millennium Bank

Archive

Name

Telewizja Polska

Email
http://www.tvp.pl/o-tvp/kontakt
Web
http://www.tvp.pl External site opens in new window
Phone
(22) 547 44 50
Address
Polish Television
17. J.P. Woronicza St
00-999, WARSAW
Poland

How to cite this record

Shakespeare, "Hamlet". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av66570 (Accessed 11 Dec 2024)