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Hamlet (Gamlet)

Gamlet (Hamlet)

1964

Grigori Kozintsev

Innokenti Smoktunovsky, Mikhail Nazvanov, Elza Radzina, Yuri Tolubeyev ...

8.0

754

Drama The surface of ceremonies and rituals celebrating the coronation of King Claudius and his marriage to Hamlet's mother leaves the young prince indifferent. Hamlet's melancholic nature finds no relief from his brooding, not even in his courtship of Ophelia. However, a nocturnal visit from his father's ghost changes everything. Claudius treachery having been brought to light, Hamlet conducts a quest to avenge his father's death.

	Media	Author	Review
		Tom Milne Time Out	"It works magnificently because Kozintsev has thought his interpretation right through to the end with complete consistency, and gives the film a genuinely exciting epic sweep."
		Bosley Crowther The New York Times	"It is a spectacle, in the main (...) that depends entirely for its impact upon its striking scenery, the physical sweep of its performance and the grand effects that the camera achieves."
		Philip French The Guardian	"Innokenti Smoktunovsky is a forceful, sane, sensitive Hamlet trapped in a prison of political intrigue, and the film, set in a Tudor Denmark, is vigorous, intelligent and visually stunning."
		Radio Times	"The images, enriched by the dramatic Shostokovich music, are bold and powerful as is the great Russian actor Innokenti Smoktunovsky's Prince of Denmark (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader	"Critic Robin Wood recently cited this stunning 1964 Russian version of Shakespeare's tragedy as the only one that 'could be claimed as having the stature, as film, that the play has as theatre' and it's easy to see what he means."

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