Hamlet (1917 film)

Hamlet
Directed by	Eleuterio Rodolfi
Written by	Eleuterio Rodolfi
Based on	Hamlet 1599 play by William Shakespeare
Starring	Ruggero Ruggeri Helena Makowska Mercedes Brignone Martelli
Cinematography	Luigi Fiorio
Production companies	Rodolfifilm Società Italiana Cines
Distributed by	Società Italiana Cines
Release date	1917 (1917)
Country	Italy
Languages	Silent Italian intertitles

Hamlet (Italian:Amleto) is a 1917 Italian silent drama film directed by Eleuterio Rodolfi and starring Ruggero Ruggeri, Helena Makowska and Mercedes Brignone. It is an adaptation of William Shakespeare's play Hamlet . ^[1]

Cast

• Ruggero Ruggeri as Hamlet
• Helena Makowska as Ophelia
• Mercedes Brignone as Gertrude
• Martelli as Claudius
• Armand Pouget
• Gerardo Peña

See also

• List of ghost films

References

1. The Edinburgh Companion to Shakespeare p.476

Bibliography

• Burnett, Mark Thornton & Streete, Adrian & Wray, Ramona (ed.) The Edinburgh Companion to Shakespeare and the Arts. Edinburgh University Press, 2011.

External links

• Hamlet at IMDb