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After returning home to find his father dead and the court in disarray, Hamlet (Maximilian Schell), the Prince of Denmark, is informed by his father's ghost (Alexander Engel) that the death was murder, not illness. Hamlet undertakes a mission to avenge his father by ferreting out the killer, Claudius (Hans Caninenberg), who now sits on the throne and is married to Hamlet's mother, Gertrud (Wanda Rotha). But Hamlet's brooding inaction and doubts about his sanity complicate his revenge.

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Audience Member While Shakespeare's original may be one of the greatest ever plays written, the film version of Hamlet starring Maximilian Schell from 1961 is by no means worth anybody's time, at all. The thing that makes it so incredibly boring are the dead performances from most of the actors and the fact that the film just has no style to it. It's very much like watching a play, and when the performances aren't very good, it can spell disaster for the film as a whole. Something visual was sorely lacking to make this even remotely interesting. At this point, it's dead, and nothing's going to bring it back to life. The film was also featured on an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000, but even they couldn't put any life into this tiresome adaptation. To be or not to be? There's no question. This shouldn't be. Highly skippable. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review Audience Member Decent German adaption, but there isn't anything remarkable about this one but it has the right tone. It is rather slow, but a lot of Hamlet adaptions are slow. This one was featured on Mystery Science Theater 3000, but not necessarily as a bad movie, you'll have to watch the episode to see. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis After returning home to find his father dead and the court in disarray, Hamlet (Maximilian Schell), the Prince of Denmark, is informed by his father's ghost (Alexander Engel) that the death was murder, not illness. Hamlet undertakes a mission to avenge his father by ferreting out the killer, Claudius (Hans Caninenberg), who now sits on the throne and is married to Hamlet's mother, Gertrud (Wanda Rotha). But Hamlet's brooding inaction and doubts about his sanity complicate his revenge.
Director
Franz Peter Wirth
Producer
Hans Gottschalk
Rating
TV-G
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Runtime
2h 0m