Hamlet

Synopsis
Finnish television adaptation of Hamlet with Heikki Kinnunen in the title role. The entry on the International Movie Database notes that the play is ‘set partly in spectacular natural caves and partly in modern dress in contemporary Helsinki’.
Language
Finnish
Country
Finland
Medium
Television
Technical information
Colour / Sound
Transmission details
2 Jan 1992 (Channel: TV1 (Finland))
Duration
213 mins

Credits

Director
Jotaarkka Pennanen
Producer
Terttu Talonen
Cinematographer
Arto Roysko
Writer
William Shakespeare
Music
Matti Bergstrom; Pirjo Bergstrom
Production Design
Kalevi Liski
Costume
Satu-Marja Nygren
Adaptor for Television
Jotaarkka Pennanen
Cast
Heikki KinnunenHamlet
Eero MelasniemiClaudius
Seela SellaGertrude
Ona KamuOphelia
Hannu HapponenCaptain
Heikki MaattanenGuildenstern
Ismo SaarioCornelius
Kai LehtinenLaertes
Kari KinnaslamoiOsric
Markku BlomqvistBarnardo
Markku ToikkaPriest
Matti OravistoVoltemand
Mikko KivinenGravedigger
Ossi AhlapuroMarcellus
Paavo PentikainenGravedigger
Seppe PaakkonenRosencrantz
Vesa MakelaHoratio
Voitto NurmiFrancisco

Additional Details

Production type
Television and Radio Drama
Historical period
Contemporary
Plays
Hamlet
Subjects
Drama
Keywords
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

General
Contains the world’s largest hand-painted set backdrop (15x70 metres) depicting Michelangelo’s ‘Last Judgement’. Featured in The Guinness Book of Records.

Production Company

Name

Interactive Film Productions

Name

Yleisradio

Archive

Name

National Audiovisual Archive, Finland

Email
sea@sea.fi
Web
http://www.sea.fi External site opens in new window
Phone
+358-9-615 400
Fax
+359-9-6154 0242
Address
Box 177
Pursimiehenkatu 29-31
Helsinki
Finland
Notes
The named changed to National Audiovisual Archive from Finnish Film Archive in January 2008.

How to cite this record

Shakespeare, "Hamlet". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av68114 (Accessed 10 Nov 2024)