Le duel d'Hamlet (1900)

1900 · Silent film · 3 min · dir. Clément Maurice

• Drama

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Synopsis

The movie consists solely of a saber fight. Bernhardt plays a cross-gender Hamlet, and Pierre Magnier is her fellow duelist, Laertes. A few bystanders, in Rennaissance dress, stand off to the right of the screen, and in the background, next to a painted backdrop.

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Details

Director

Clément Maurice

Studio

Phono-Cinéma-Théâtre

Released

1900-05-21

Running time

3 minutes

Cast & crew

• Clément Maurice Director
• Sarah Bernhardt
• Pierre Magnier

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