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A Performance of Hamlet in the Village of Mrdusa Donja(1974)
Status: Released
Date: 1974-05-31
67%
7 Votes
Time: 1h 36m
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A corrupt village commissar insists on mounting a production of Hamlet. The clever local teacher, however, casts the son of a man framed for theft as Hamlet, and the commissar as the usurping king, leading to a climax of truly Shakespearean proportions.
Languages: Serbo-Croatian.
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Yugoslavia
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Movie: A Performance of Hamlet in the Village of Mrdusa Donja
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Rade Šerbedžija
Joco / Hamlet
Milena Dravić
Anđa / Ofelija
Fabijan Šovagović
Učitelj Andro
Ljubiša Samardžić
Mačak
Mate Ergović
Šimurina
Zvonko Lepetić
Mile
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A corrupt village commissar insists on mounting a production of Hamlet. The clever local teacher, however, casts the son of a man framed for theft as Hamlet, and the commissar as the usurping king, leading to a climax of truly Shakespearean proportions.
Release Date
1974-05-31
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6.7
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