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Hamlet (1921)
Directed by Heinz Schall, Svend Gade
Overview
A free adaptation of Shakespeare′s drama. The Danish queen masquerades her daughter as a boy, and thus, the girl lives her life as ‘Prince’ Hamlet. Her father poisoned by a venomous snake placed by the treacherous Claudius, Hamlet fakes madness to investigate without suspicion.
Length 112 minutes
Actors
Asta Nielsen | Heinz Stieda | Eduard von Winterstein | Paul Conradi | Mathilde Brandt | Hans Junkermann | Anton De Verdier | Lilly Jacobson | Fritz Achterberg