Hamlet Within
- Alternative title
- Hamlet Revenant
- Synopsis
- An essay film, part fiction and part documentary, that explores how Hamlet haunts audiences and the play’s characters, drawing on the work of Marx and Derrida among others.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Film
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Year of release
- 2022
- Duration
- 86 mins
Credits
- Director
- Ken McMullen
- Producer
- Ken McMullen
- Writer
- Ken McMullen
- Contributor
- Anne Sophie Refskou; Richard Wilson (3); Varsha Panjwani
- Cast
Lex Shrapnel Hamlet John Shrapnel Claudius Dominique Pinon Michel de Montaigne Gabriella Wright Montaigne’s Muse Ian McKellen Ghost
Additional Details
- Production type
- Documentary/Educational/News
- Historical period
- Contemporary
- Plays
- Hamlet
- Subjects
- Drama; English language and literature; History; Shakespeare
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Hamlet (character)
Notes
- Notes
- Previously announced unter the title, The Ghost Within. Also presented under the longer title, Hamlet Within: Five Acts in Search of a Murderous Prince.
- General
- Described by its makers as: ‘A film-essay and a radical cinematic investigation of the eternal struggle between the instincts of Life and Death within us.'
- History
- Premiered at the Cannes Film Festival 2022 on 21 May 2022.
- Reviews
- Michael Billington, ‘Hamlet Within: why are we so obsessed with Shakespeare’s dithering prince?' The Guardian, 27 May 2022
Production Company
- Name
Art Cinema Productions
- info@artcinema.art
- Web
- https://artcinema.art/ External site opens in new window
- Address
- Blofield House
Woodbastwick Road
Blofield
Norwich
NR13 4RW
UK
- Name
Scope Films
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Hamlet Within". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av79957 (Accessed 26 Dec 2024)