SHAKESPEARE

Alternative title

Hamlet

Synopsis

Feature film with Ruggero Ruggeri as Hamlet.`...Rodolfi finds an intriquing halfway style between film and theatre, eschewing a more conventional cutting scheme. Key thoughts are shown in close-up, there are thoughtful compositions throughout, and the final duel scene is impressively complex...' [McKernan & Terris, op cit].

Country

Italy

Medium

Film

Technical information

Black-and-white / Silent

Year of release

1917

Duration

82 mins; 7,448 feet

Credits

Director

Eleuterio Rodolfi

Cinematographer

Luigi Fiorio

Screenplay

Carlo Chiaves; Eleuterio Rodolfi

Costume

Caramba

Art Direction

Antonio Rovescalli

Cast

Ruggero Ruggeri	Hamlet
Enrico Gemelli	Claudius
Mercedes Brignone	Gertrude
Elena Markowska	Ophelia
Armand Pouget	Ghost
Gerado Peña	Laertes

Additional Details

Production type

Fiction Films

Plays

Hamlet

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Notes

The copy in the BFI National Archive is 4,441ft (50 mins) and has some short sequences missing.

Reviews

McKernan, Luke and Olwen Terris. Walking Shadows: Shakespeare in the National Film and Television Archive. London: BFI, 1994 (p. 46-7)

Buchanan, Judith. ‘Pre-1917 Italian Silent Films’ in Shakespeare on Film (London: Pearson Educational, 2005). pp. 55-9.

Production Company

Name

Rodolfi Film

Archive

Name

BFI National Archive

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