Hamlet, Duel Scene with Laertes

Original title: Le duel d'Hamlet

1900
2m

IMDb RATING

5.4/10

270

YOUR RATING

Drama Short

The final duel in 'Hamlet', in the first film of the play.The final duel in 'Hamlet', in the first film of the play.The final duel in 'Hamlet', in the first film of the play.

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IMDb RATING

5.4/10

270

YOUR RATING

3User reviews

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
Sarah Bernhardt speaks, making her the first actress to speak in a film.

Alternate versions
Distributed in the US without its sound-on-cylinder soundtrack in 1908.

Connections
Featured in Hamlet Revisited: Approaches to Hamlet (1970)

While only an abbreviated rendition of the climactic scene in HAMLET, this short is worthwhile for the presence of the legendary Bernhardt alone. Here, we get to see her nimble and athletic (note she was in her mid-50s at the time), and her Hamlet appears to have been passionate and active, making me wish I could go back in time to see her play the role fully onstage Ironically, this short gives a far better impression of Bernhardt than the later QUEEN ELIZABETH from 1912 does. That movie is dull and plodding, while this minute-long short pulses with life.