A Performance of Hamlet in the Village of Mrdusa Donja

A Performance of Hamlet in the Village of Mrdusa Donja

96 mins | Drama | May 31, 1974

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.

A Performance of Hamlet in the Village of Mrdusa Donja

96 mins | Drama | May 31, 1974

A Performance of Hamlet in the Village of Mrdusa Donja
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.
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers Jadran Film
Original title Predstava Hamleta u Mrduši Donjoj
Directors Krsto Papić
Writers Ivo Brešan, Krsto Papić

Cast

Rade Šerbedžija

as Joco / Hamlet

Milena Dravić

as Anđa / Ofelija

Krešimir Zidarić

as Bukara / Kralj

Fabijan Šovagović

as Učitelj Andro

Izet Hajdarhodžić

as Jocin otac

Mate Ergović

as Šimurina

Zvonko Lepetić

as Mile

Zdenka Heršak

as Mara

Ilija Ivezić

as Željezničar