Hamlet – This is your family
A 2002, 80 min
Peter Kern documents Schlingensief’s Hamlet.
Synopsis
In his documentary with fictitious elements, Peter Kern shows how Christoph Schlingensief bans political parties in ‘nazi-free’ Switzerland, stages Hamlet at Zurich playhouse and socially reintegrates Neo-nazis at the same time. Time is off the rails, there’s something wrong in the state. Schlingensief’s Hamlet reaches out to politics and to life and triggers joy, laughter doubt and horror.
Kern operated with his film team, from within and from behind the scenes, as a confident of Schlingensief, and as actor in the play: he plays King Claudius.
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"Hamlet - This is your family" is also included on the DVD "Hamlet" in the "Schlingensief Edition", with English and Japanese subtitles
Press reviews
A provocative and ironic-pamfletteering documentary about the making of Christoph Schlingensief’s Nazi-“Hamlet” (2001). Both a media event and a form of political action Schlingensief let ex-neo-Nazis play themselves. His provocation in so-called Nazi-free Switzerland was not appreciated and when he added fuel to the flames by calling for the local political party SVP to be banned, his media offensive made front-page news far beyond Switzerland. (IFF Rotterdam)
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Also included on the DVD "Hamlet" in the "Schlingensief Edition", with English and Japanese subtitles
Credits
Director & Screenplay
Peter Kern
With
Christoph Schlingensief, Peter Kern, Irm Hermann, Sebastian Rudolph, Michael Gempart, Bibiana Beglau, Artur Albrecht, Stefan Kolosko, Markus Boestfleisch, Melanie Dittmer, Jürgen Drenhaus, Tim Holzschneider, Torsten Lemmer, Jan Zobel a.m.o.
Director of Photography
Mehdi Sahebi, Peter Kern, Christoph Schlingensief, Sven Kierst
Produced by
K & K Filmproduktion
DVD-Details
Extras
Premiere Düsseldorf (23 min), SCHMETTERLING IM DUNKELN - short film by Peter Kern about Schlingensief's UNITED TRASH (A 1995, 20 min), 2 Interviews with Peter Kern (D 2011, 14 min), Trailer
Language
German
Subtitles
English
Country Code
Code-free
System
PAL / S/W
Length
80 min + 57 min Extras
Aspect Ratio
4:3
Sound Format
DD 2.0
Set-Content
Softbox (Set Inhalt: 1)
Release date
20.01.2012
Rating
Info-Programm gemäß §14 JuSchG
“HAMLET - This is your family” is also included on the DVD "Hamlet" in the "Schlingensief Edition", with English and Japanese subtitles
Distribution Details
Screening Format
DVD
Aspect Ratio
4:3
Language
German
Subtitles
English, Japanese
Promotion Material
Trailer
License Area
Worldwide
Rating
Info-Programm gemäß §14 JuSchG