Hamlet /

This Hamlet remains one of the least known partly because the title role is played by a woman and the plot also borrows from Danish legends and a German play. For reasons of state the heiress to the throne has been brought up as a boy, and she has conceived a hopeless passion for Horatio.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Hamlet (Motion picture : 1920)
Corporate Authors:	Projektions-Aktiengesellschaft Union, Deutsches Institut für Filmkunde, Edition Filmmuseum (Firm)
Other Authors:	Nielsen, Asta, 1881-1972, Gade, Svend, Schall, Heinz, Gepard, Erwin, Gad, Urban, Brandt, Mathilde, Conradi, Paul, Jacobson, Lilly, Otto, Paul, 1878-1943, De Verdier, Anton, Wiedemann, Fritz, Immler, Fred, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	German English
Language Notes:	Hamlet: Silent with German intertitles, optional English subtitles and musical accompaniment. Filmprimadonna in English or German with optional German or English subtitles.
Published:	[Frankfurt am Main] : Deutsches Filminstitut : Edition Filmmuseum, [2011]
Series:	Edition Filmmuseum (Series) ; 37.
Subjects:	Hamlet > (Legendary character) > Drama. Foreign films. Motion pictures, German. Silent films. Fiction films.

Description
Summary:	This Hamlet remains one of the least known partly because the title role is played by a woman and the plot also borrows from Danish legends and a German play. For reasons of state the heiress to the throne has been brought up as a boy, and she has conceived a hopeless passion for Horatio. "Asta Nielsen, born in Denmark in 1881, was the first diva of European silent film. In the still incomplete Die Filmprimadonna she plays the role of a star fighting for increased influence on the entire production process."--Container.
Item Description:	Hamlet originally produced as a motion picture in 1920. Die Filmprimadonna originally produced as a motion picture in 1913. Special features: Asta Nielsen Privat (1970); Asta Nielsen Privatoptagelser (1912-14); Hamlet Ffassungsvergleich = Version comparison (2009); Der elektronischen Hamlet (2007) - interviews with the composer of the new musical score for Hamlet; Hamlet con Asta Nielsen (2007). Videorecording.
Physical Description:	2 videodiscs (approximately 127 min.) : sound, black and white with color tinting ; 4 3/4 in. + booklet.
Format:	DVD; PAL; region 0; Dolby digital 5.1 and 2.0 soundtracks.
Production Credits:	Hamlet: Photography, Curl Courant, Axel Graatkjer ; music, Michael Riessler. Filmprimadonna: Photography, Axel Graatkjer, Karl Freund ; music, Trio New Amsterdam.