A Performance of Hamlet in the Village of Mrdusa Donja

A Performance of Hamlet in the Village of Mrdusa Donja (1974)

May 31st, 19741h 36min

Drama
67%

Overview

A corrupt village commissar insists on mounting a production of Hamlet. The clever local teacher, however, casts the son of a man framed for theft as Hamlet, and the commissar as the usurping king, leading to a climax of truly Shakespearean proportions.


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