The "Hamlet" in this well-mounted Italian spoof is the Danish prince, not a small town or village. The movie irreverently draws on both the Shakespeare play and the 1877 story by Jules Laforgue. In the story, Hamlet (Carmelo Bene) is a would-be playwright. He suffers from inept Freudian analysis by Polonius (Pippo Tuminelli), and Ophelia and Gertrude (Isabella Russo & Luciana Cante) are women conjured up in his erotic imagination.
Directing | Carmelo Bene | Director |
Writing | Carmelo Bene | Writer |
Production | Anna Maria Papi | Producer |
Writing | William Shakespeare | Theatre Play |
Editing | Mauro Contini | Editor |
Costume & Make-Up | Gloria Fava | Makeup Artist |
Crew | Mario Masini | Cinematography |
Art | Carmelo Bene | Art Direction |
Costume & Make-Up | Carmelo Bene | Costume Design |
Production | Rodolfo Frattaioli | Production Manager |
Directing | Luigi Mezzanotte | Assistant Director |
Camera | Maurizio Scanzani | Camera Operator |
Sound | Carmelo Bene | Music Coordinator |