Eleven Uncles ( Elf Onkel ) ( Der böse Onkel (11 Uncles) )

Eleven Uncles (DVD) (*)

~~$31.99~~ $25.97

Original Title: Elf Onkel
Alternate Title: Der böse Onkel (11 Uncles)
Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
German ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
German ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
Germany ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
101 min + 60 min extras

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Short Film

Movie filmed in 2010 and produced in:
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Herbert Fritsch

Written By:
Herbert Fritsch
Sabrina Zwach

Actors:
Alexander Khuon ..... Hamlet
Herbert Fritsch ..... Onkel
Gitta Schweighöfer ..... Mutter
Dimiter Gotscheff ..... Hamlet Vater
Adolfo Assor ..... Feind
Werner Eng ..... Lauscher
Maximilian Grill ..... Milchbruder
Thomas Lawincky ..... Herr Stern
Sven Schlötcke ..... Herr Kranz
Mira Partecke ..... Moormädchen
Friedrich Liechtenstein ..... Englischer König
Maria Hofstätter ..... Englische Königin
Jule Böwe ..... Englische Königstochter
Yvon Jansen ..... Englische Königstochter
Henrike von Kuick ..... Englische Königstochter

Synopsis:

Camp meets art in Herbert Fritsch's take on Hamlet. In 1220, long before Shakespeare, Saxo Grammaticus wrote down the legend of Amleth for the very first time - a savage and cruel tale revolving around young Danish prince Hamlet, who discovers that his uncle murdered his father to live with his mother. Hamlet decides to take revenge... Preserving the nuts and bolts of the original story, Fritsch transfers it into a strange filmic twilight zone where a line's delivery is more revealing than its content, assembling a filmic language borrowing from the classical as well as from the grotesque, resulting in an intelligent kind of grand guignol where style never distracts from substance. After Hamlet has been adapted for the stage a.o. by Heiner Müller or Christoph Schlingensief, Herbert Fritsch's filmic take counts among the freshest and most unusual; a mixture between Herbert Achternbusch and Luis Buñuel, paired with an intelligent use of digital special effects, "Eleven Uncles" is a truly uncompromising take on classical material and one of the funniest experimental films in a very long time.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 05 December, 2011.