I, Hamlet

1952 Italian film by Giorgio Simonelli

1952 (1952)

Running time

103 minutesCountryItalyLanguageItalian

I, Hamlet (Italian: Io, Amleto) is a 1952 Italian comedy film directed by Giorgio Simonelli and starring Erminio Macario, Franca Marzi and Rossana Podestà. A parody of William Shakespeare's tragedy Hamlet,^[1]^[2] its lack of commercial success led the newly formed production company Macario Film to a rapid bankruptcy.^[3]

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Arrigo Breschi and Saverio D'Eugenio. It was shot at the Palatino Studios in Rome.

Cast

Erminio Macario as Hamlet
Franca Marzi as Valchiria
Rossana Podestà as Ophelia
Adriano Rimoldi as Laertes
Luigi Pavese as King Claudius
Marisa Merlini as Queen Gertrude
Giuseppe Porelli as Polonius
Virgilio Riento as Anturius
Carlo Rizzo as Horatio
Silvio Noto as Rosadorno
Sergio Bergonzelli as Fencing Master
Guido Riccioli as Jorik il buffone
Manlio Busoni as Ambasciatore d'Inghilterra
Giancarla Vessio as Ausonia
Giovanni Onorato as Guardia reale

References

^ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8876055487.
^ Pietro Piemontese (2000). Remake: il cinema e la via dell'eterno ritorno. Castelvecchi, 2000. ISBN 8882102505.
^ Enrico Giacovelli (1995). La commedia all'italiana. Gremese Editore, 1995. ISBN 8876058737.

External links

Io, Amleto at IMDb

William Shakespeare's Hamlet

Characters

Soliloquies

Words and phrases

Terminology

Dumbshow
Induction
Quiddity
Substitution

Influence

Common phrases from Hamlet
Cultural references to Hamlet
Cultural references to Ophelia
Language of flowers
Human skull symbolism

Performances

Moscow Art Theatre (1911–1912)
Richard Burton (1964)

On screen

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1921
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1948
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1964
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2011

Adaptations

Films	The Rest Is Silence (1959) The Bad Sleep Well (1960) Ophelia (1963) Johnny Hamlet (1968) One Hamlet Less (1973) The Angel of Vengeance – The Female Hamlet (1977) Strange Brew (1983) Hamlet Goes Business (1987) The Lion King (1994) Let the Devil Wear Black (1999) The Banquet (2006) Doubt (2009) Karmayogi (2012) Haider (2014) Hamlet A.D.D. (2014) Hemanta (2016) Ophelia (2018) The Lion King (2019)
Novels	Hamlet Had an Uncle (1940) Too, Too Solid Flesh (1989) Gertrude and Claudius (2000) Dating Hamlet (2002) The Dead Fathers Club (2006) Something Rotten (2007) Hamlet's Father (2008) The Story of Edgar Sawtelle (2008)
Plays	Hamletmachine (1977) Dogg's Hamlet (1979) Fortinbras (1991)
Musicals	Rockabye Hamlet (1973)
Television	Hamlet (Australian TV, 1959) Hamlet at Elsinore (BBC, 1964) Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (BBC, 1980) Hamlet (BBC 2, animated, 1992) Hamlet (BBC 2, 2009)

Parodies

15-Minute Hamlet
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
I, Hamlet
The Klingon Hamlet
"Lyle the Kindly Viking"
To Be or Not to Be: That is the Adventure
"Tales from the Public Domain"
The Skinhead Hamlet

Songs

"My Robin is to the greenwood gone" (16th century)
"Pull Me Under" (1992)
"Song for Athene" (1997)

Opera/classical

Hamlet (Thomas)
Amleto (Faccio)
Hamlet (Tchaikovsky)
Tristia (Berlioz)
Die Hamletmaschine (Rihm)
Hamlet (Dean)

In popular culture

Films	To Be or Not to Be (1942) A Performance of Hamlet in the Village of Mrduša Donja (1973) To Be or Not to Be (1983) Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990) Highlander II: The Quickening (1991) Last Action Hero (1993) Renaissance Man (1994) In the Bleak Midwinter (1995) War (2002) Hamlet 2 (2008) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead (2009) Three Days (2012)
Plays	Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1966) Stage Blood (1974) I Hate Hamlet (1991) To Be or Not to Be (2008)
Novels	Hamlet, Revenge! (1937) Theatre of War (1994) "The Undiscovered" (1997) The Shakespeare Stealer (1998) Interred with Their Bones (2007) Hamnet (2020)
Television	"The Producer" (1966) "The Conscience of the King" (1966) "Born to Be King" (1983) "Terrance and Phillip: Behind the Blow" (2001) Slings & Arrows (2003)
Video games	Last Action Hero (1993) Hamlet (2010) Elsinore (2019)
Books	Asterix and the Great Crossing The Seagull Sharpe's Havoc