Predstava Hamleta u Mrduši Donjoj

1974-05-31

In Shakespeare's Hamlet, the leading character observes "The play's the thing, wherein to catch the conscience of the king." In this Yugoslavian movie, a performance of Hamlet in a small village apparently catches the conscience of the whole town. Thinking only of the prestige it will bring, a corrupt village commissar insists on mounting a production of Hamlet -- over the objections of the village teacher, who knows the tale well. The clever teacher, however, casts the son of a man the commissar has framed for theft as Hamlet, and the commissar as the usurping king, leading to a climax of truly Shakespearean proportions.