Hamlet
1921 film directed by Svend Gade and Heinz Schall
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Summary
Hamlet is a film[1]. Hamlet ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (225 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Director: Svend Gade[3], Heinz Schall[4]
- Screenwriter: Franz Richard Behrens[5]
- Composer: Giuseppe Becce[6]
- Genre: silent film[7], drama film[8]
- Based on: Hamlet[9]
- Cast member: Asta Nielsen[10], Hans Junkermann[11], Eduard von Winterstein[12], Fritz Achterberg[13], Heinz Stieda[14], Anton de Verdier[15], Lilly Jacobsson[16], Paul Conradi[17], Mathilde Brandt[18]
- Producer: Asta Nielsen[19]
- Director of photography: Curt Courant[20], Axel Graatkjær[21]
- Commons category: Hamlet (1921)[22]
- Color: black-and-white[23]
- Country of origin: Germany[24]
- Publication date: January 1, 1921[25]
- Characters: Prince Hamlet[26], Hamlet[27], The Ghost[28], Gertrude[29], King Claudius[30], Horatio[31], Polonius[32], Fortinbras[33], Laertes[34], Ophelia[35]
- Narrative location: Helsingør[36], Lutherstadt Wittenberg[37]
- Main subject: revenge[38], gender role[39]
- Title: Hamlet[40]
- After a work by: William Shakespeare[41]
- Duration: 131 minutes[42]
- Aspect ratio (W:H): 4:3[43]
- Assessment: Bechdel test[44], Waithe Test[45], Shukla Test[46], reverse Bechdel Test[47], Mako Mori test[48], Vito Russo test[49], Riz Test[50], Feldman Test[51], Landau Test[52]
Why It Matters
Hamlet has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[53] Hamlet is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[54]