In Little Hamlet, Skolimowski shows his predilection for immature or dwarfed characters, who would later populate his full-length films. Here a group of Warsaw proletarians meet in a destroyed building, consisting largely of stairs, littered with newspapers. A song from a record introduces the film characters as dwarfed versions of personas from Shakespeare’s Hamlet: Hamles, Ofelka, Learcio. (EMK)
- Director
- Jerzy Skolimowski
- Country of production
- Poland
- Year
- 1960
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2009
- Length
- 8'
- Medium
- 35mm
- Original title
- Hamles
- Language
- Polish
- Production Company
- The Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School
- Sales
- The Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School
- Screenplay
- Jerzy Skolimowski