SHAKESPEARE

Alternative title

Playing the Victim

Synopsis

Feature film. Black comedy, the sub-plot offering a loose adaptation of Hamlet. Tells the story of a university graduate, Valya (Chursin) who impersonates victims in crime-scene reconstructions. Valya feels he is drowning as his absurd life goes from one terrible crime scene to another. Suddenly he has a vision: his deceased father comes to him in his sleep and tells the truth - he was poisoned by his own wife and her lover, who is now Valya’s uncle...

Language

Russian

Country

Russian Federation

Medium

Film

Technical information

Colour / Sound

Year of release

2006

Duration

95 mins

Credits

Director

Kirill Serebrennikov

Producer

Leonid Zagalsky; Lyudmila Savelyeva; Natalya Mokritskaya

Cinematographer

Sergei Mokritsky

Screenplay

Brothers Presnyakov

Production Design

Valeriy Arkhipov

Cast

Yuri Chursin	Valya (Hamlet)
Fyodor Dobronravov	Uncle Petia (Claudius)
Marina Golub	Valya’s mother (Gertrude)

Additional Details

Production type

Fiction Films

Plays

Hamlet

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Notes

Note: the copy from amazon.com is a Russian import coded Region 5.0.

General

Based on the play by the Brothers Presnyakov.

Reviews

Leslie Felperin. Variety (June 21 2006).

Online Availability

Online URL

http://www.izhertvu.ru/

Production Company

Name

Novye Lyudi

Name

Vega

Online Retailer

Name

amazon.com

Web

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