Hamlet (Kozintsev) (2DVD)

A screen adaptation of William Shakespeare’s tragedy. The somber Elsinore Castle that keeps secrets of many a crime is looming over the rocky coastline. Prince Hamlet once again puts the question: “To be, or not to be?” He is the first thinker in the line of warriors, a poet and a philosopher, a character so close to future generations. In the utterly corrupted kingdom, a lone hero is bound to take up arms to avenge his father’s death.

This film became a champion among Lenfilm Studio’s prize-winning motion pictures – 23 awards in four years. Shostakovich.




Original title: Gamlet
Direction: Grigory Kozintsev
Script: Grigory Kozintsev / Boris Pasternak, after William Shakespeare
Camera: Jonas Grietsjos
Music: Dmitry Shostakovich
USSR, Lenfilm, 1964

Cast includes InnokentiI. Smoktunovsky, Mikhail Nazvanov, Elza Radzin, Yuri Tolubeyev, Anastasia Vertinskaya Vadim Medvedev

4:3 / B/W
Sound: Dolby 5.1 / original Mono track
Duration: 140 min. / extras
Russian spoken / voice-over: English, French
(Optitional) subtitling: Russian, English, French, German, Italian,

Extra: Interviews with director G. Kozintsev and actor I. Smoktunovsky/ The Making of... / biography of William Shakespeare / filmographies / photo album