'Hamlet Goes Business'
Hamlet liikemailmassa (Hamlet i affärsvärlden)
Hamlet macht Geschäfte (German title)

Available on DVD

Finland 1987 B/W 85 min

**

Drama, comedy

cast: Kati Outinen (Ofelia), Pirkka-Pekka Petelius (Hamlet), Esko Salminen (Klaus), Elina Salo (Gertrud), Esko Nikkari (Polonius), Kari Väänänen (Lauri Polonius), Mari Rantasila, Turo Pajala, Aake Kalliala, Matti Pellonpää, Pertti Sveholm, Vesa Vierikko, Miitta Sorvali
credits: dir., prod. and script Aki Kaurismäki, based on the play by Shakespeare, music Melrose, DOP Timo Salminen

Hamlet goes business and that will be a mess. Not so "shakespeary" as you might think. Still funny and quite interesting version.

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