Hamlet
- Alternative title
- Hamlet and the Jester’s Skull Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
- Synopsis
- Fiction film. An abridged version of Hamlet which begins with the graveyard scene and ends with the duel scene. Hamlet also sees Ophelia’s ghost. Ball (op cit) writes: ‘It is easy to brand this ten-minute film an absurd simplification, and one which could not fail to tickle the risibilities of a sophisticated audience. But Méliès audiences were not sophisticated, and the film was a primitive of 1907’.
- Country
- France
- Medium
- Film
- Technical information
- Black-and-white / Silent
- Year of release
- 1907
- Duration
- 6 mins; 574 feet
- Availability
- Believed to be a lost film.
Credits
- Director
- Georges Méliès
- Cast
Georges Méliès Hamlet
Additional Details
- Production type
- Fiction Films
- Plays
- Hamlet
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- Notes
- Film copyrighted October 15th 1907.
- Reviews
- Ball, Robert Hamilton. Shakespeare on Silent Film: A Strange Eventful History. London: George Allen and Unwin, 1968 (pp.34-5, 307-8).
Production Company
- Name
Star-Film
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Hamlet". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av68569 (Accessed 21 Sep 2024)