SHAKESPEARE

Alternative title

He Wanted to Become King Stay Near Me, Darling

Synopsis

Feature film. A re-working of Hamlet set in modern Athens. Alekos returns to Athens after his father, an industrialist, is drowned. He attempts to ensnare his stepfather, a former business associate, into admitting guilt by pretending to be mad. When his father’s will is read he discovers that his stepfather is honest and that he will inherit the business.

Language

Greek

Country

Greece

Medium

Film

Technical information

Black-and-white / Sound

Year of release

1967

Duration

88 mins

Availability

No archive copy or distributor found (2007)

Credits

Director

Angelos Theodoropoulos

Producer

Angelos Theodoropoulos

Cinematographer

Takis Venetsanakos

Screenplay

Yannis Ioannidis

Music

Christos Mourabas

Cast

Angelos Theodoropoulos	Alekos (Hamlet)
Gikas Biniaris	Yerolimos (Claudius)
Anna Iassonidu	Filitsa (Ophelia)
Lycourgos Callerghis	Venos

Additional Details

Production type

Fiction Films

Plays

Hamlet

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Notes

Source: Koliodimos, Dimitris, The Greek Filmography, 1914 through 1996. (Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co, 1999,) p.257.

Reviews

Variety (25 October 1977), p. 20

Production Company

Name

Angelo Film

Address

Greece