Produced in German for German television, this production of Hamlet becomes distinctly eerie when dubbed back into English. The production design is also "German Minimalist", typical of that era, making the movie rather bleak, even for Hamlet.
Despite the virtually non-existent sets and English-German-English translation, Maximilian Schell turns in an admirable performance as Hamlet.
This film was screened on Mystery Science Theater 3000. Whether or not this movie was "bad" enough for such dissection is open to debate, but Mike and the Bots leveled some excellent quips ("Honey, what happened to all the ear poison?").
Despite the virtually non-existent sets and English-German-English translation, Maximilian Schell turns in an admirable performance as Hamlet.
This film was screened on Mystery Science Theater 3000. Whether or not this movie was "bad" enough for such dissection is open to debate, but Mike and the Bots leveled some excellent quips ("Honey, what happened to all the ear poison?").