Venue
Complejo Cultural Cine Teatro 25 de Mayo
Address
Av. Triunvirato 4444
City
Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires
Bus
71, 107, 112, 114, 127, 133, 140, 142, 175, 176
Schedule
Hamlet (1920)
Hamlet CameraHamlet (1920)
Germany, 111 minutes
Direction: Sven Gade - Heinz Schall
Adaptation: Erwin Gepard
Production: Asta Nielsen
Cinematography: Curt Courant and Axel Graatkjaer
Art direction: Sven Gade and Siegfried Wroblewsky
Cast: Asta Nielsen, Fritz Achterberg, Mathilde Brandt, Paul Conradi, Anton De Verdier, Lilly Jacobson, Hans Junkermann, Heinz Stieda, Eduard von Winsterstein
Live Music Accompaniment: Seronoser Quartet, under the direction of Marcelo Katz.
In this version, which was Germany’s first cinematographic success, the prince of Denmark is, actually, a princess whose gender has been kept a secret to the townspeople since her birth, so that she could succeed his father to the throne. Playing the major role is one of the most well known divas of silent films, Asta Nielsen, also producer of the film.