---
title: 'Hamlet Goes Business (1987)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Aki Kaurismäki'
released: '1987-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 85
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Finland'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/hamlet-goes-business-1987'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093139/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Hamlet Goes Business (1987)

1987 · 85 min · Drama · Finland

Original title: Hamlet liikemaailmassa

## Synopsis

Hamlet Goes Business is a 1987 Finnish comedy film directed by Aki Kaurismäki and starring Pirkka-Pekka Petelius. It is based on William Shakespeare's play Hamlet, but the events are housed in a modern Finnish wood processing family business.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Aki Kaurismäki](https://cinepixo.com/people/aki-kaurismaki)
- **Screenplay:** [Aki Kaurismäki](https://cinepixo.com/people/aki-kaurismaki)
- **Producer:** [Aki Kaurismäki](https://cinepixo.com/people/aki-kaurismaki)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Elmore James](https://cinepixo.com/people/elmore-james)
- **Director of Photography:** [Timo Salminen](https://cinepixo.com/people/timo-salminen)
- **Editor:** [Raija Talvio](https://cinepixo.com/people/raija-talvio)

## Cast

- [Turo Pajala](https://cinepixo.com/people/turo-pajala) as Rosencrantz
- [Matti Pellonpää](https://cinepixo.com/people/matti-pellonpaa) as The guard
- [Maija Leino](https://cinepixo.com/people/maija-leino) as 1. näyttelijätär
- [Pirkka-Pekka Petelius](https://cinepixo.com/people/pirkka-pekka-petelius) as Prince Hamlet
- [Pentti Auer](https://cinepixo.com/people/pentti-auer) as The Ghost
- [Aake Kalliala](https://cinepixo.com/people/aake-kalliala) as Guildenstern
- [Kati Outinen](https://cinepixo.com/people/kati-outinen) as Ophelia
- [Kari Väänänen](https://cinepixo.com/people/kari-vaananen) as Lauri Polonius
- [Esko Salminen](https://cinepixo.com/people/esko-salminen) as King Claudius
- [Esko Nikkari](https://cinepixo.com/people/esko-nikkari) as Polonius
- [Puntti Valtonen](https://cinepixo.com/people/puntti-valtonen) as Simo
- [Vesa Vierikko](https://cinepixo.com/people/vesa-vierikko) as Lääkäri
- [Elina Salo](https://cinepixo.com/people/elina-salo) as Gertrude
- [Pertti Sveholm](https://cinepixo.com/people/pertti-sveholm)
- [Jaakko Talaskivi](https://cinepixo.com/people/jaakko-talaskivi) as Ravintola-asiakas

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/hamlet-goes-business-1987
Film facts: Wikidata (Q1573625); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.