Amleto (1917)

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Chiaves, Carlo, screenwriter.

Fiorio, Luigi, director of photography.

Rodolfi, Eleuterio, 1876-1933, director.

Rodolfi, Eleuterio, 1876-1933, screenwriter.

Ruggeri, Ruggero, 1871-1953, actor.

AM (Publisher), digitiser.

British Film Institute, owner.

Language:

Italian

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Hamlet.

Shakespeare, William.

Genre:

Fiction films

Silent films

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (1 hour, 18 min., 57 sec.)) silent with intertitles, black and white

Production:

[Italy] Rodolfi-Film 1917

Contained In:

Shakespeare in silent film

Language Note:

Silent film with Italian intertitles

Summary:

Amleto (1917) is an Italian silent drama film directed by Eleuterio Rodolfi. An adaptation of William Shakespeare's Hamlet, the film features Ruggero Ruggeri in the title role, with Helena Makowska as Ophelia and Mercedes Brignone as Gertrude. The story follows the familiar trajectory of Shakespeare's tragedy, as Prince Hamlet grapples with the suspicion that his uncle Claudius has murdered his father to usurp the throne and marry his mother, sparking an internal conflict over whether they he should pursue revenge. The film includes French intertitles

Participant:

Mercedes Brignone, Elena Markowska, Armand Pouget, Ruggero Ruggeri

Credits:

Director, Eleuterio Rodolfi ; author of original work, William Shakespeare ; photography, Luigi Fiorio ; script, Eleuterio Rodolfi, Carlo Chiaves

Notes:

Original film format: 35mm

Vendor supplied data

Related Work:

Based on : Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Hamlet http://viaf.org/viaf/176993890

OCLC:

1582416858