Hamile (1964)

Original title

Hamile: The Tongo Hamlet

Directed by

Terry Bishop

Genre

drama

Country

Ghana

Runtime

2h

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A 1964 Ghanaian film adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet. It was made by students and faculty of the University of Ghana and follows the story of a prince seeking revenge for his father's murder.

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What happens

Hamile (also known as The Tongo Hamlet and Hamlet) is a 1964 Ghanaian black-and-white drama film directed by Terry Bishop and starring Joe Akonor, Kofi Middleton-Mends and Ernest Abbequaye. It was executive produced by Sam Aryeety for the Ghana Film Industry Corporation. It is an adaptation, in English, of Shakespeare's Hamlet performed by students of the University of Ghana School of Music and Drama, produced by Joe de Graft. It was shown in Britain at the 1965 Commonwealth Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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