Headline
Hamlet' for the Cinema
Newspaper Source
Publication Date
1913-07-21
- Publication Year
1913
Page
7
Key Person
Film Projector / Film(s)
Hamlet
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Actors
Alwin Neu??
Director
August Blom
Writer
William Shakespeare (play)
Country
Denmark
Released
1911-04-15
Genre
Drama
Language
Danish
Plot
Hamlet suspects his uncle has murdered his father to claim the throne of Denmark and the hand of Hamlet's mother, but the prince cannot decide whether or not he should take vengeance.
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Organisation
Summary
Films of Sir J. Forbes-Robertson and Miss Gertrude Elliott have been taken by the Gaumont Film Hire Service. Most of the scenes were 'staged' in the studio. It is stated that 'Hamlet,' when completed, will be about a mile long, and will cost about 10,000 pounds.
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