A free adaptation of Shakespeare′s drama. The Danish queen masquerades her daughter as a boy, and thus, the girl lives her life as 'Prince' Hamlet. Her father poisoned by a venomous snake placed by the treacherous Claudius, Hamlet fakes madness to investigate without suspicion.

Credits

Svend GadeDirector

Asta NielsenHamlet

Heinz StiedaHoratio

Eduard von WintersteinClaudius

Paul Conradi