Hamlet / The Film Primadonna - 2-DVD Set ( Hamlet / Die Filmprimadonna / Asta Nielsen Privat / Asta Nielsen Privatoptagelser / Hamlet-Fassungsvergleich / Der elektronische Hamlet / Hamlet con Asta Nielsen ) ( Hamlet / The Film Primadonna / Asta Nielsen Private / Asta Nielsen Private Recordings / Hamlet - Version Comparison / The Electronic Hamlet / Hamlet with Asta Nielsen )

Hamlet / The Film Primadonna - 2-DVD Set (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Hamlet / Die Filmprimadonna / Asta Nielsen Privat / Asta Nielsen Privatoptagelser / Hamlet-Fassungsvergleich / Der elektronische Hamlet / Hamlet con Asta Nielsen
Alternate Title: Hamlet / The Film Primadonna / Asta Nielsen Private / Asta Nielsen Private Recordings / Hamlet - Version Comparison / The Electronic Hamlet / Hamlet with Asta Nielsen
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Subtitles )
German ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
German ( Subtitles )

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

Running Time:
178 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Booklet

Movie filmed in 1920 - 2009 and produced in:
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Svend Gade
Heinz Schall
Urban Gad

Written By:
Erwin Gepard
E. Vining
Urban Gad

Actors:
Asta Nielsen ..... Hamlet
Paul Conradi ..... König Hamlet
Mathilde Brandt ..... Königin Gertrude
Eduard von Winterstein ..... Claudius
Heinz Stieda ..... Horatio
Hans Junkermann ..... Polonius
Anton De Verdier ..... Laertes
Lilly Jacobson ..... Ophelia
Fritz Achterberg ..... Fortinbras,
Asta Nielsen ..... Ruth Breton
Paul Otto ..... von Zornhorst
Fritz Weidemann ..... Walter Heim, screenwriter and actor
Fred Immler

Synopsis:

Asta Nielsen, born in Denmark in 1881, was the first diva of European silent film. As early as 1913, in Die Filmprimadonna, Asta Nielsen acts the role of a star fighting for increased influence on the entire production process. To realize her artistic vision she founds her own company Art-Film in 1920. Hamlet, produced that same year, survived only in a b&w US export version. In 2005 a coloured vintage print of the lost German original version of 1921 was discovered. The restored film had its premiere at the Berlinale in 2007, with new musical accompaniment composed by Michael Riessler. The 2-disc DVD set also includes documentation of the production history of Hamlet, the restoration process and rare an Asta Nielsen home movie compilation.
Hamlet, Directed by Sven Gade, Heinz Schall, Germany 1920/21 (110')
Score by Michael Riessler & Lisma Project
20-page bilingual booklet with essays by Holger Ziegler, Thomas Worschech and Anke Mebold
Die Filmprimadonna, directed by Urban Gad, Germany 1913 (17')
Score by Trio New Amsterdam
Asta Nielsen Privat ca. 1970 (2')
Asta Nielsen Privatoptagelser, 1912-14 (4')
Hamlet-Fassungsvergleich, 2009 (30')
Der elektronische Hamlet, 2007 (8')
Hamlet con Asta Nielsen, 2007 (7')
Documents about the film production and the restoration as ROM features

As soon as Asta Nielsen had founded the company Art-Film, she set out on the ambitious project of aHamlet adaptation with herself in the leading role. With Svend Gade and Heinz Schall she engaged twodirectors she had already worked with. Erwin Gepard was in charge of the script in which Hamlet was portrayed as a woman. The reviews were ambivalent and criticized the falsification of Shakespeare butpraised the acting of Asta Nielsen. Nevertheless the premiere of Hamlet in 1921 was a success. The film became a box office hit and was subsequently released in America. At the premiere of the restored German version in 2007 a new score composed by Michael Riessler was performed by Lisma Project.

DVD 1
Hamlet 1921, 110'
Score by Michael Riessler
20-page bilingual booklet with essays by Holger Ziegler, Thomas Worschech and Anke Mebold
DVD 2
Der elektronische Hamlet 2007, 8'
Hamlet con Asta Nielsen 2007, 7'
Hamlet Fassungsvergleich 2009, 30'
Die Filmprimadonna 1913, 17'
Score by Trio New Amsterdam
Asta Nielsen Privatoptagelser 1912-14, 4'
Asta Nielsen Privat 1970, 2'
Documents about the film production and the restoration as ROM features

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 10 June, 2015.

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