Amleto
- Synopsis
- Abbreviated version of the play directed by Mario Caserini with Amleto Novelli as Hamlet.
- Country
- Italy
- Medium
- Film
- Technical information
- Black-and-white / Silent
- Year of release
- 1910
- Duration
- c10; c1,000 feet
Credits
Additional Details
- Production type
- Fiction Films
- Plays
- Hamlet
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- Notes
- The copy held in the BFI National Archive is incomplete (556ft, 6mins) with German titles. The first 119ft consist of fragments of several scenes. The scenes are outlined in Walking Shadows.
- General
- Cines produced versions of Hamlet in 1908 and 1910. The Museum of Modern Art holds a print of the 1908 version.
- Reviews
- McKernan, Luke and Olwen Terris. Walking Shadows: Shakespeare in the National Film and Television Archive. London: BFI, 1994 (p.45). Ball, Robert Hamilton. Shakespeare on Silent Film: A Strange Eventful History. London: George Allen and Unwin, 1968 (p. 107, 328-9). Ball cites Hamlet as being played by Dante Capelli.
Production Company
- Name
Cines
Archive
- Name
BFI National Archive
- Web
- http://www.bfi.org.uk/archive-collections/searching-access-collections/research-viewing-services External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7255 1444
- Fax
- 020 7436 0165
- Address
- 21 Stephen Street
London
W1T 1LN
- Name
Museum of Modern Art
- fsc@moma.org
- Web
- http://www.moma.org External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 9212) 708-9613
- Address
- Celeste Bartos International Film Study Center
11 West 53 Street
New York, New York 10019-5497
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Amleto". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av68749 (Accessed 20 Sep 2024)