
Geronimo1967
Now not being a Russian speaker I was a bit trepidatious about tackling this with just the subtitles. Well I neednt have feared as a basic knowledge of the original Shakespearean tragedy is all that is required to underpin this experience as I sat back and savoured this exquisitely dark, brooding and melancholy story of betrayal, duplicity and madness - written as only the bard could and quite possibly delivered as only the Soviets could. We start in the best place, the oppressive and formidable fortress of Elsinore (well, Ivangorod, actually) with its thick, high walls and imposing portcullis where we are first introduced to the mourning prince Hamlet (Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy) who is returning home upon news of the recent death of his fat...