Grand Theft Hamlet

Dec 6, 2024

1h 31m

★ 6.8

Overview

Two unemployed friends have a fresh idea: they want to stage Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' in Grand Theft Auto. But even in a virtual world, reality intrudes in a wild and trippy film shot entirely inside the ultra-violent video game.

Genres

Animation

Documentary

Production Companies

Grasp The Nettle Films

Project 1961

Park Pictures Features

Spark Features

Hazel Pictures

Grand Theft Hamlet Trailers

Cast

Hamlet

Sam Crane

Filmmaker

Pinny Grylls

Horatio

Jen Cohn

Ophelia

Tilly Steele

Laertes

Dipo Ola

Polonius

Mark Oosterveen

Claudius

Gareth Turkington

Gertrude

Lizzie Wofford

Rozencrantz

Sam Forster

Ghost / Player King

Jeremiah O'Connor

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