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Hamlet (1913)

Hamlet poster
Directed by
Hay Plumb
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 04m
Rated
NR
Rating
3.7 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This film adapts Shakespeare's tragedy of a Danish prince who seeks to avenge his father's murder by his uncle. It follows the prince as he feigns madness and confronts the court to uncover the truth.

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What happens

Hamlet is a 1913 British silent drama film directed by Hay Plumb and starring Johnston Forbes-Robertson, Gertrude Elliott and Walter Ringham. It is an adaptation of the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare made by the Hepworth Company and based on the Drury Lane Theatre's 1913 staging of the work. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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