A Performance of Hamlet in the Village of Mrdusa Donja

May 31, 1974

1h 36m

★ 6.7

Overview

A corrupt village commissar insists on mounting a production of Hamlet. The clever local teacher, however, casts the son of a man framed for theft as Hamlet, and the commissar as the usurping king, leading to a climax of truly Shakespearean proportions.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Jadran Film

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Cast

Joco / Hamlet

Rade Šerbedžija

Anđa / Ofelija

Milena Dravić

Bukara / Kralj

Krešimir Zidarić

Učitelj Andro

Fabijan Šovagović

Jocin otac

Izet Hajdarhodžić

Mačak

Ljubiša Samardžić

Šimurina

Mate Ergović

Mile

Zvonko Lepetić

Mara

Zdenka Heršak

Željezničar

Ilija Ivezić

Ivo Pajić

Slavica Maraš

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