Country: UK
Year: 2015
Duration: 210'
A family is torn apart as the country prepares itself for war. Hamlet is forced to avenge his father’s death, but he paralyzed by the task before him; the man rages against his situation, putting at risk his mental sanity and his country’s safety.
Last October, 225,000 spectators from twenty-five different countries tuned in via satellite TV to the National Theatre of London for the live performance of Hamlet, the Shakesperian tragedy starring the Oscar Nomination Benedict Cumberbatch and directed by Lindsey Turner. It was a groundbreaking record for the National Theatre Live project. That extraordinary production has now made it to Italy and can be previewed at the Torino Film Festival. The piece will be distributed to Italian movie theaters in February as part of a project that is bringing the productions from the London-based theatre to the silver screen, presented in original language with Italian subtitles.
Biography
film director
Lyndsay Turner
Lyndsey Turner (UK) is a British theatre director known for her productions in the West End, at the Royal National Theatre, the Royal Shakespeare Company, and on Broadway. She is the third female director to win a Laurence Olivier Award, which she received in 2014. She holds an MFA in theatre directing from Birkbeck, University of London. She is a council member for the Pentabus Theatre and associate director for the Sheffield Theatre and the Gate Theatre. She worked extensively at the Royal Court Theatre, and she regularly publishes articles in the theatre column of “The Guardian.” In addition, she directs and teaches classes at the Royal Shakespeare Company, and she is a professor for the MFA in theatre directing course offered by the University of London. She made her American debut on Broadway in 2014 with the play Machinal.
Cast
& Credits
regia/director
Lyndsey Turner
soggetto/story
dall’omonima tragedia di/from the tragedy of the same title by William Shakespeare
scenografia/production design
Es Devlin
costumi/costume design
Katrina Lindsay
musica/music
Jon Hopkins
suono/sound
Christopher Shutt
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Benedict Cumberbatch (Amleto/Hamlet), Leo Bill (Orazio/Horatio), Siân Brooke (Ofelia/Ophelia), Jim Norton (Polonio/Polonius), Ciarán Hinds (Claudio/Claudius), Anastasia Hille (Gertrude), Kobna Holdbrook-Smith (Laerte/Laertes), Karl Johnson (il fantasma del padre di Amleto/ghost of Hamlet’s father), Nigel Carrington (il cortigiano Cornelius/servant Cornelius), Morag Siller (Voltemand), Sergo Vares (Fortebraccio/Fortinbras)
distribuzione/distribution
Nexo Digital
Lyndsey Turner
soggetto/story
dall’omonima tragedia di/from the tragedy of the same title by William Shakespeare
scenografia/production design
Es Devlin
costumi/costume design
Katrina Lindsay
musica/music
Jon Hopkins
suono/sound
Christopher Shutt
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Benedict Cumberbatch (Amleto/Hamlet), Leo Bill (Orazio/Horatio), Siân Brooke (Ofelia/Ophelia), Jim Norton (Polonio/Polonius), Ciarán Hinds (Claudio/Claudius), Anastasia Hille (Gertrude), Kobna Holdbrook-Smith (Laerte/Laertes), Karl Johnson (il fantasma del padre di Amleto/ghost of Hamlet’s father), Nigel Carrington (il cortigiano Cornelius/servant Cornelius), Morag Siller (Voltemand), Sergo Vares (Fortebraccio/Fortinbras)
distribuzione/distribution
Nexo Digital
