Tilda Swinton voices Ophelia in a forgotten 26-minute animated fever dream of Shakespeare's masterpiece.
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, finds out that his uncle Claudius killed his father to obtain the throne, and plans revenge.
Acting
Tilda Swinton's ethereal Ophelia
Editing
Four hours of tragedy crammed into 26 minutes
Director
Natalya Orlova
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Natalya Orlova was a Soviet animator who specialized in literary adaptations; this was her only Shakespeare work.
Produced during the collapse of the USSR, the film's claustrophobic compression mirrors a culture processing centuries of trauma in real-time.
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