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One Hamlet Less
One Hamlet Less () is a 1973 Italian drama film directed by Carmelo Bene. It was entered into the 1973 Cannes Film Festival.
Plot.
The film is a very loose version of the original tragedy of Shakespeare. Carmelo Bene is an obsessive actor who plays for various theaters tragedy Hamlet along with his theater company. Slowly he begins more and more to identify with the role and the psychology of the character until it becomes Hamlet himself.
Cast.
- Carmelo Bene - Hamlet
"A Boccaperta".
Works Selected filmography.
- "Oedipus Rex", directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini (1967)
- "Nostra Signora dei Turchi - Our Lady of the Turks", Venice Film Festival Special Jury Prize (1968), director
- "Capricci" (1969), director
- "Don Giovanni" (1971), director
- "Salomè" (1972), director
- "One Hamlet Less" (1973), director
See also.
- Experimental