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Hamlet (1964)
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Original name: Гамлет
Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Shakespeare's 17th century masterpiece about the "Melancholy Dane" was given one of its best screen treatments by Soviet director Grigori Kozintsev. Kozintsev's Elsinore was a real castle in Estonia, utilized metaphorically as the "stone prison" of the mind wherein Hamlet must confine himself in order to avenge his father's death. Hamlet himself is portrayed (by Innokenti Smoktunovsky) as the sole sensitive intellectual in a world made up of debauchers and revellers. Several of Kozintsev directorial choices seem deliberately calculated to inflame the purists: Hamlet's delivers his "To be or not to be" soliloquy with his back to the camera, allowing the audience to fill in its own interpretations.
Style:
atmospheric, fairy tale, philosophical, spiritual, visually appealing, black and white, serious, emotional, realistic, contemplative ...
Plot:
betrayal, shakespeare, medieval, love, stage play, royal court, shakespeare's hamlet, knight, spirituality, moving, realism, hamlet, ghost, parents and children, vengeance, rivalry, head of state, manic, haunted by the past, tragic hero, dishonesty, state affairs, unfulfillment, horse, revenge ...
Time:
medieval times, middle ages
Place:
soviet union, ussr, russia, denmark, russian
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Japan, USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
royal court, revenge, betrayal, murder, throne, shakespeare, shakespeare's hamlet, tragic hero, rivalry, heroes, intrigue, state affairs ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 242 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
shakespeare, revenge, medieval, ghost, tragedy, funeral, vengeance, royal family, royal court, literary, shakespeare's hamlet, intrigue ...
Time:
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Place:
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42%
Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
soviet union, georgia, caucasus, ussr, russia ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 178 min.
Story:
To be or not to be, etc.
Style:
psychological, atmospheric, stylized, emotional, contemplative ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: UK, France, Japan, USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
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Style:
atmospheric, realistic, costume drama, compassionate, bleak ...
Plot:
shakespeare, revenge, royal family, murder, medieval, tragic hero, poisoning, state affairs, family relations, parents and children, spirit, dishonesty ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, 16th century
Place:
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948
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: UK, USA
Duration: 210 min.
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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143
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 184 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 191 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: UK
Duration: 158 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Country: UK
Duration: 217 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
denmark, europe
Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: UK
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: UK
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Story:
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Plot:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Style:
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Place:
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Country: Soviet Union
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Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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Place:
soviet union, russia, ussr
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Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
soviet union, ussr
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: UK, USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
shakespeare, ambition, witch, medieval, murder, blood, guilt, power struggle, tragedy, regicide, prophecy, betrayal ...
Time:
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263
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
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Style:
dark, bleak, sinister, atmospheric, intense ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: UK, USA
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Story:
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Plot:
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Country: UK
Duration: 195 min.
Story:
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Plot:
shakespeare, shakespeare's othello, opera, tragedy, jealousy, betrayal, racism, downfall, love and romance, couple relations, vengeance, intrigue ...
Time:
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Place:
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Country: Greece
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
retro, epic, spiritual, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
An adaptation of Shakespeare's play.
Style:
dark, atmospheric, bleak, tension, art house ...
Plot:
shakespeare, murder, tragedy, power, adaptation, tragic hero, witch, ambition, supernatural, literary, prophecy, madness ...
Place:
scottish highlands
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
art house, contemplative, surreal, spiritual, poetic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: Hungary
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, atmospheric, stylized
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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