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World Cinema: Hamlet

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

Starring Innokenti Smoktunovsky
with Michail Nazwanov, Yuri Tolubeyev, Anastasia Vortinskaya

Tonight's 'Shakespeare round the World' presentation is a tribute to Grigori Kozintsev, one of the great Russian film directors, who died last month. His famous version of Hamlet has been hailed as the most accomplished screen version of any Shakespeare play yet produced.
This Week's films: page 11

Contributors

Screenplay/Director:
Grigori Kozintsev
Based on a translation by:
Boris Pasternak
Original score:
Dmitri Shostakovich
Score played by:
The Leningrad State Orchestra
Hamlet:
Innokenti Smoktunovsky
Claudius:
Michail Kazwanov
Queen Gertrude:
Elza Radzin-Szolkonis
Polonius:
Yuri Tolubeyev
Ophelia:
Anastasia Vertikskaya
Horatio:
V. Erenberg
Laertes:
S. Oleksenko
Guildenstern:
V. Medvedev
Rosenkrantz:
I. Dmitriev
Fortinbras:
A. Krevald
Gravedigger:
V. Kolpakor
Source: Radio Times

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