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Soviet director Grigori Kozintsev crafted two masterful Shakespearean film adaptations with his Hamlet 1964 and King Lear 1971. Praised by no less of an authority than Laurence Olivier himself, Kozintsev's Hamlet has earned a reputation as one of the essential interpretations of the tragedy of the Danish prince – following the eponymous Hamlet in his personal downward spiral, triggered by the marriage of his mother to the brother of his recently deceased father. The film's black and white cinematography is stunning, with bleak Eastern European landscapes enriching the cinematic atmosphere and complementing the cynical political machinations on display. This is a rare screening of a truly virtuoso adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet.

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