Little Hamlet

Date
Hour
Place
04/08/2015
18:00
THE SILVER STAR CINEMA


Hamleś
reż|dir Jerzy Skolimowski | PL | 1960 | 9 min
prod|pro PWSF scen|wr Jerzy Skolimowski zdj|ph Jacek Stachlewski ob|cast Zdzisław Leśniak, Elżbieta Czyżewska, Wiesław Gołas, Hanna Skarżanka, Ryszard Ostałowski dys|dis SF Indeks

DESCRIPTION

Skolimowski's earliest film shown during this year's retrospective. “Little Hamlet” is a Łódź Film School student film which surrealistically remodels the themes from William Shakespeare's play. In a degraded, empty space reminiscent of a construction site, three characters meet: Little Ophelia (Elżbieta Czyżewska), Little Laertes (Wiesław Gołas), and Little Hamlet (Zdzisław Leśniak). To the tune of a drunken song, the chorister belts out his absurd monologue, while the characters move in high-speed, which brings silent films to mind. This short cinematic joke shows Skolimowski's talent for saturating a space with extraordinary atmosphere and creating unexpected, humorous scenes.

An article about the director HERE.


© Festiwal Filmu i Sztuki Dwa Brzegi Kazimierz Dolny Janowiec nad Wisłą
Projekt i realizacja: Tomasz Żewłakow