Hamlet (1917 film)

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Hamlet
Directed by Eleuterio Rodolfi
Written byEleuterio Rodolfi
Based onHamlet
1599 play
by William Shakespeare
Starring Ruggero Ruggeri
Helena Makowska
Mercedes Brignone
Martelli
Cinematography Luigi Fiorio
Production
companies
Distributed bySocietà Italiana Cines
Release date
  • 1917 (1917)
CountryItaly
LanguagesSilent
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]

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References

  1. The Edinburgh Companion to Shakespeare p.476

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