The "Hamlet" in this well-mounted Italian spoof is the Danish prince, not a small town or village. The movie irreverently draws on both the Shakespeare play and the 1877 story by Jules Laforgue. In the story, Hamlet (Carmelo Bene) is a would-be playwright. He suffers from inept Freudian analysis by Polonius (Pippo Tuminelli), and Ophelia and Gertrude (Isabella Russo & Luciana Cante) are women conjured up in his erotic imagination.
Released: Nov 21, 1973
Runtime: 70 minutes
Genre: Drama
Stars: Carmelo Bene, Luciana Cante, Sergio Di Giulio, Franco Leo, Lydia Mancinelli, Luigi Mezzanotte
Crew: Carmelo Bene (Director), William Shakespeare (Theatre Play), Gloria Fava (Makeup Artist), Anna Maria Papi (Producer), Mauro Contini (Editor), Carmelo Bene (Writer)