Little Hamlet
Hamles
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)
Film details
- Country of production
- Poland
- Year
- 1960
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2009
- Length
- 8"
- Medium/Format
- 35mm
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