National Theatre Live: Hamlet

National Theatre Live: Hamlet

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Release Date

10/15/2015

Runtime

217 mins

Overview

As a country arms itself for war, a family tears itself apart. Forced to avenge his father's death but paralyzed by the task ahead, Hamlet rages against the impossibility of his predicament, threatening both his sanity and the security of the state.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

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Revenue

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A filmed stage performance of Shakespeare's masterwork that unfolds with theatrical immediacy, where philosophical anguish and family dysfunction collide in real time. Three and a half hours of unrelenting psychological torment, best suited for viewers patient with verse and drawn to watching a mind unravel.

Mood

MelancholicDread-soakedContemplativeTense

Themes

RevengeFamilyMortalityPower

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

HandheldDocumentary-likeLong takes

Structure

Linear

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