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A Performance of Hamlet in the Village of Mrdusa Donja
A Performance of Hamlet in the Village of Mrdusa Donja

A Performance of Hamlet in the Village of Mrdusa Donja

Genres

Drama

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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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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

Runtime

96 mins

Rating

6.7/10

Release Date

31 May 1974

Country

Yugoslavia

Cast

Rade Šerbedžija

Rade Šerbedžija

Joco / Hamlet

Milena Dravić

Milena Dravić

Anđa / Ofelija

Krešimir Zidarić

Krešimir Zidarić

Bukara / Kralj

Fabijan Šovagović

Fabijan Šovagović

Učitelj Andro

Izet Hajdarhodžić

Izet Hajdarhodžić

Jocin otac

Ljubiša Samardžić

Ljubiša Samardžić

Mačak

Mate Ergović

Mate Ergović

Šimurina

Zvonko Lepetić

Zvonko Lepetić

Mile

Zdenka Heršak

Zdenka Heršak

Mara

Ilija Ivezić

Ilija Ivezić

Željezničar

Ivo Pajić

Ivo Pajić

Slavica Maraš

Slavica Maraš

Rikard Brzeska

Rikard Brzeska

Nevenka Šain

Nevenka Šain

Branko Matić

Branko Matić

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