--- title: 'Hamlet (1921)' type: 'film' director: 'Heinz Schall' released: '1921-01-01' runtime_minutes: 131 genres: - 'Drama' countries: - 'Germany' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/hamlet-1921' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0012249/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Hamlet (1921) 1921 · 131 min · Drama · Germany ## Synopsis Hamlet, or Hamlet: The Drama of Vengeance, is a 1921 German film adaptation of the William Shakespeare play Hamlet starring and produced by Danish silent film actress Asta Nielsen. It was directed by Svend Gade and Heinz Schall. The film was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin. ## Credits - **Producer:** [Asta Nielsen](https://cinepixo.com/people/asta-nielsen) - **Director:** [Heinz Schall](https://cinepixo.com/people/heinz-schall), [Svend Gade](https://cinepixo.com/people/svend-gade) - **Screenplay:** [Franz Richard Behrens](https://cinepixo.com/people/franz-richard-behrens) - **Original Music Composer:** [Giuseppe Becce](https://cinepixo.com/people/giuseppe-becce) - **Director of Photography:** [Curt Courant](https://cinepixo.com/people/curt-courant), [Axel Graatkjær](https://cinepixo.com/people/axel-graatkj-r) ## Cast - [Asta Nielsen](https://cinepixo.com/people/asta-nielsen) as Prince Hamlet - [Hans Junkermann](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-junkermann) as Polonius - [Paul Conradi](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-conradi) as The Ghost - [Fritz Achterberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/fritz-achterberg) as Fortinbras - [Mathilde Brandt](https://cinepixo.com/people/mathilde-brandt) as Gertrude - [Eduard von Winterstein](https://cinepixo.com/people/eduard-von-winterstein) as King Claudius - [Anton de Verdier](https://cinepixo.com/people/anton-de-verdier) as Laertes - [Heinz Stieda](https://cinepixo.com/people/heinz-stieda) as Horatio - [Lilly Jacobsson](https://cinepixo.com/people/lilly-jacobsson) as Ophelia ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/hamlet-1921 Film facts: Wikidata (Q120231); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.