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
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
Yleisradio
Archive
- Name
National Audiovisual Archive, Finland
- 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 26 Nov 2024)