Hamlet (Гамлет) 60 years old
Shakespeare's 17th century masterpiece about the "Melancholy Dane" was given one of its best screen treatments by Soviet director Grigori Kozintsev. Kozintsev's Elsinore was a real castle in Estonia, utilized metaphorically as the "stone prison" of the mind wherein Hamlet must confine himself in order to avenge his father's death. Hamlet himself is portrayed (by Innokenti Smoktunovsky) as the sole sensitive intellectual in a world made up of debauchers and revellers. Several of Kozintsev directorial choices seem deliberately calculated to inflame the purists: Hamlet's delivers his "To be or not to be" soliloquy with his back to the camera, allowing the audience to fill in its own interpretations.
Credits
Hamlet Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Igor Dmitriev He was 37, 80 years old when he died | as Rosencrantz |
| Elza Radzina | as Gertrude |
| Yuriy Tolubeev He was 59, 74 years old when he died | as Polonius |
| Mikhail Nazvanov He was 50, 50 years old when he died | as Claudius |
| Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy He was 39, 69 years old when he died | as Hamlet |
| Anastasiya Vertinskaya She was 19, now 80 years old | as Ophelia |
| Vadim Medvedev He was 35, 58 years old when he died | as Guildenstern |
| Stepan Oleksenko | as Laertes |
| Ants Lauter He was 70, 79 years old when he died | as Priest |
| Viktor Kolpakov He was 60, 68 years old when he died | as Gravedigger |
| Vladimir Erenberg He was 57, 89 years old when he died | as Horatio |
| Grigori Gaj | as Ghost of Hamlet's Father |
Hamlet Crew
| Name | Department |
|---|---|
| William Shakespeare as Theatre Play. He was 400 (51) years old when He died | Writing |
| Boris Pasternak as Writer. He was 74 (70) years old when He died | Writing |
| Grigori Kozintsev as Director. He was 59 (68) years old when He died | Directing |
| Grigori Kozintsev as Writer. He was 59 (68) years old when He died | Writing |
| Dmitri Shostakovich as Compositor. He was 57 (68) years old when He died | Crew |
Hamlet (60 years)
- Release day: Wednesday, June 24, 1964
- Runtime: 140 minutes