Hamlet (1976)

Genres - Drama  |   Sub-Genres - Tragedy  |   Release Date - Jan 1, 1976 (USA - Unknown)  |   Run Time - 65 min.  |   Countries - United Kingdom, United States  |   MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Sandra Brennan

This is one of the most surreal versions of the popular Shakespearian play on film. It approaches the story of the troubled prince from a Freudian perspective. Hamlet is seen a schizophrenic (played by identical twins). The Oedipal overtones of his relationship with his mother, Queen Gertrude, are stressed, and the film also contains broad hints of homosexuality.

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family-member, incest, mother, revenge, surrealism