The Hamlet Adventure

Apr 23, 2008

1h 51m

★ 0.0

Overview

Eight thousand feet above sea level, in the sacred heart of Rila mountain, in sweltering heat, and rain, and fog, the only transport being mules, deprived of water, means and fuel, next to the sky, only to God’s eternal eye, a crazy medley cast of seventy plays Shakespeare's greatest tragedy, Hamlet!

Genres

Documentary

Drama

Production Companies

Bulgarian Cinema Foundation

Bulgarian National Television

Hyperbole Studios

The Hamlet Adventure Trailers

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Cast

Self

Stanislav Semerdjiev

Self

Greg Roach

Hamlet / Self

Assen Pavlov

Ophelia / Self

Diana Toshkova

Queen Gertrude / Self

Denitsa Karabourova

Hamlet's Inner Voice

Veselin Kalanovski

Self

Rositza Ilieva

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