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Hamlet, Prinz von Dänemark (1960)
Worst adaptation of any Shakespeare play, hands down.
29 June 1999 - 1 out of 3 users found this review helpful.
Hamlet is arguably the greatest play ever written. But you wouldn't think so after watching this terrible, terrible, terrible filmed version. This film makes the Mel Gibson/Glenn Close "infotainment" version look like the work of geniuses. However, although the IMDb doesn't list the voice-over actors who dubbed the English version, I and my friends were certain that Claudius was voiced by Ricardo Montalban. For Mr. Rourke's (or somebody who sounds a heck of a lot like him) vocal portrayal of the tormented, evil uncle, it's worth enduring the dull headaches and intermittent eye twitches engendered by sitting through this film.
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