A Performance of Hamlet in the Village of Mrduša Donja
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| Croatian | Predstava Hamleta u Mrduši Donjoj |
| Directed by | Krsto Papić |
| Written by | Krsto Papić |
| Story by | Ivo Brešan |
| Based on | Predstava Hamleta u selu Mrduša Donja by Ivo Breša Hamlet by William Shakespeare |
| Produced by | Sulejman Kapić |
| Starring | Rade Šerbedžija Milena Dravić Krešimir Zidarić |
| Cinematography | Vjenceslav Orešković |
| Edited by | Lida Branis |
Release date |
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Running time | c. 95 minutes (85 minutes according to some sources)[2] |
| Country | Yugoslavia |
| Language | Croatian |
A Performance of Hamlet in the Village of Mrduša Donja (Croatian: Predstava Hamleta u Mrduši Donjoj) is a 1973 Yugoslav drama film directed by Krsto Papić, and based on Ivo Brešan's 1971 play of the same name.[2][3][4][5]
Cast
- Rade Šerbedžija as Joco / Hamlet
- Milena Dravić as Anđa / Ophelia
- Krešimir Zidarić as Bukara / the King
- Fabijan Šovagović as the teacher Andro
- Izet Hajdarhodžić as Joco's father
- Ljubiša Samardžić as Mačak
- Mate Ergović as Simurina
- Zvonko Lepetić as Mile
- Zdenka Heršak as Mara
- Ilija Ivezić
- Ivo Pajić
- Slavica Maras
- Rikard Brzeska
- Nevenka Šajin
- Branko Matić
- Jovan Stefanović
References
- ^ ""Vrsni interpretatori u Papićevom filmu"" ["Excellent performers in Papić's film"]. Slobodna Dalmacija. 2 August 1973. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
- ^ a b "Predstava Hamleta u selu Mrduša Donja". hrfilm.hr (in Croatian). Croatian Film Association. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
- ^ David Bevington Hamlet Through the Ages 2011 "Hamlet has similarly lent itself to film adaptation. ... In Krsto Papic's Acting Hamlet in the Village of Mrdusa Donja (1974), a Croatian village performance of Hamlet leads to the exposure of... "
- ^ World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre Volume 1: Peter Nagy, Philippe Rouyer 2014 "His grotesque tragedy Predstava Hamleta u selu Mrdusa Donja (A Performance of Hamlet in the Village of Mrdusa Donja, 1971) uses Shakespeare cheerlessly to depict dictatorship"
- ^ Daniel J. Goulding Liberated Cinema: The Yugoslav Experience, 1945-2001 2002 "Some spark of it remained in Krsto Papić's film A Village Performance of Hamlet ( Predstava Hamleta u selu Mrduša Donja , 1973 ), based on a controversial play of the same name by Ivo Brešan."
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