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Hamlet

GER 2001, 349 min

His staging of “Hamlet” at Schauspielhaus Zurich takes shots at the right-wing populist Swiss People’s Party (SVP).

Synopsis

Schlingensief’s “Hamlet” can be interpreted as a tribute to the classic – it even includes audio recordings from the legendary 1963 Gustaf Gründgens’ staging. Neo-Nazis perform on the streets and appear in “Hamlet” as the acting troop in the play within the play, challenging Swiss proclamations of “neutrality” and “lack of radicalism.”

Content / 2 DVDs:
- "Hamlet" (Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, Theatertreffen, Berlin, May 22, 2001, 111 min)
- Panel discussion (Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, Theatertreffen, Berlin, May 22, 2001, 21 min)
- City tour and Reichstag visit (Berlin, May 23, 2001, 9 min)
- Christoph Schlingensief – Interview (Sibylle Dahrendorf, Berlin, May 23, 2001, 9 min)
- Naziline – Street performance (Zürich, 8.5.2001, 31 min)
- Christoph Schlingensief – Interview (Sibylle Dahrendorf, Zürich, May 8, 2001, 18 min)
- Alexander Kluge talks with Christoph Schlingensief  (2001, 46 min)
- TalkTäglich with Roger Schawinski (Tele24/TeleZüri, April 23, 2001, 25 min)
- "Hamlet - This is your family" (Documentary by Peter Kern, 2002, 80 min)
- 40-page booklet with texts and photos

Credits

Direction
Christoph Schlingensief
With
Mit Peter Kern, Irm Hermann, Sebastian Rudolph, Michael Gempart, Bibiana Beglau, Artur Albrecht, Jurij Albrecht, Nikolai Albrecht, Ursula Albrecht, Kalle Mews, Peter Brombacher, Stefan Kolosko, Christoph Schlingensief, Markus Boestfleisch, Melanie Dittmer, Jürgen Drenhaus, Tim Holzschneider, Torsten Lemmer, Jan Zobel
Set Design
Jo Schramm
Costume Design
Marysol Del Castillo, Marcella Maichle
Lighting Design
Lothar Baumgarte
Dramaturgy
Carl Hegemann, Robert Koall
Assistant Director
Jörg van der Horst, Christina Rast
Assistant Dramaturgy
Lena Thomsen
Director’s Trainee
Tobias Buser, Gila Dinter
Assistant Set Design
Duri Bischoff
Choreography
Thomas Stache
Fencing Training
Roy Boiser
Stage Management
Sascha Dinevski
Prompter
Ina Hausmann
Production Manager Aktionen Zürich
Dora Kapusta
A theater production by
Schauspielhaus Zürich

DVD-Details

Content
Hamlet (Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, Theatertreffen, Berlin, May 22, 2001, 111 min – English subtitles), Panel discussion (Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, Theatertreffen, Berlin, May 22, 2001, 21 min), City tour and Reichstag visit (Berlin, May 23, 2001, 9 min), Christoph Schlingensief – Interview (Sibylle Dahrendorf, Berlin, May 23, 2001, 9 min), Naziline – Street performance (Zürich, 8.5.2001, 31 min), Christoph Schlingensief – Interview (Sibylle Dahrendorf, Zürich, May 8, 2001, 18 min – English subtitles), Alexander Kluge talks with Christoph Schlingensief  (2001, 46 min), TalkTäglich with Roger Schawinski (Tele24/TeleZüri, April 23, 2001, 25 min), Hamlet - This is your family (Documentary by Peter Kern, 2002, 80 min – English & Japanese subtitles)
Language
German
Subtitles
English (Hamlet - This is your family - Documentary: Japanese)
Country Code
Code-free
System
PAL / S/W
Length
349 min
Aspect Ratio
16:9
Sound Format
DD 2.0
Set-Content
Digipack (Set Content: 2), 40-page booklet with texts and photos
Release Date
03.04.2020
Rating
Info-Programm gemäß §14 JuSchG