''One Hamlet Less'' () is a 1973 Italian

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by

Carmelo Bene Carmelo Pompilio Realino Antonio Bene (1 September 1937 – 16 March 2002) was an Italian actor, poet, film director, and screenwriter. He was an important exponent of the Italian avant-garde theatre and cinema. In 1968, his movie Our Lady ...

. It was entered into the 1973 Cannes Film Festival.

Plot

is the director of a theater company that runs around various theaters in

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, staging

William Shakespeare William Shakespeare ( 23 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's nation ...

's ''

Hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play. Set in Denmark, the play (the ...

''. He himself also appears in real life to behave as the Prince of

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disinherited by his uncle and the whole of society; so immediately these situations merge with the actual plot of Shakespeare's work. Hamlet becomes an inept and becomes aware of it, although he manages to recover his throne usurped by the cruel uncle Claudio who killed his father. Kate is the only reason for life for Hamlet who, after her untimely death, celebrates her a curious funeral, declaring to the grave that she did well to die, not to exist thanks to his help.

Cast

as Hamlet * Luciana Cante as Gertrude * Sergio Di Giulio as William * Franco Leo as Horatio * Lydia Mancinelli as Kate * Luigi Mezzanotte as Laertes * Isabella Russo as Ophelia * Giuseppe Tuminelli as Polonius * Alfiero Vincenti as Claudius

References

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* 1973 films 1973 drama films Italian drama films 1970s Italian-language films Films directed by Carmelo Bene Films based on Hamlet 1970s Italian films {{1970s-Italy-film-stub