A reimagining of Hamlet, told from Ophelia's perspective.A reimagining of Hamlet, told from Ophelia's perspective.A reimagining of Hamlet, told from Ophelia's perspective.
- Awards
- 4 wins & 4 nominations
Lenka Olsanová
- Lady in Waiting 1
- (as Lenka Olsanova)
Daniela Hirsh
- Lady in Waiting 2
- (as Daniela Hirshova)
Veronika Strapková
- Lady in Waiting 3
- (as Veronika Strapkova)
Nhung Hong Dangová
- Lady in Waiting 6
- (as Nhung Hong Dangova)
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- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe lyrical chanting heard at several pivotal points comes from the play itself. "Hamlet" Act 2 scene 2 page 5 when Ophelias father Polonius reads aloud a letter from Hamlet containing the lines "Doubt that the stars are fire Doubt that the sun doth move Doubt truth to be a liar But never doubt I love"
- GoofsWhen Hamlet reads the Bible to Ophelia, he recites verses from the Song of Songs, but his book is open to "ParalipomenOn I", i. the first book of the Chronicles.
- Quotes
[first lines]
Ophelia: You may think you know my story. Many have told it. It has long passed into history... into myth.
Ophelia: I have seen more of heaven and hell than most people dream of. But I was always a willful girl, and followed my heart, and spoke my mind. And it is high time I should tell you my story myself.
- Alternate versionsThere are two versions. Runtimes are: "1h 54m (114 min)" and "1h 46m( 106 min) (United States)".
- SoundtracksPalestrina Mix
Written by Bacchus
Featured review
Not your grandmother's Hamlet, this is Ophelia reimagined.
I watched this at home on DVD from my public library. It seems to have polarized movie-goers, many "1" votes and many "10" votes. I quite like it, the movie has an interesting story and is acted and filmed very well.
I have the advantage of not knowing very much at all about Shakespeare's "The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark" , the source play for the book and now the movie. As the filmmakers explain, this is a re-imagining of the basic story with more focus on Ophelia and Queen Gertrude, and what the complexity of their characters might have been. Die-hard Shakespeare fans most likely take issue, anything that changes from his various versions would likely be considered unforgivable sins.
But taken as a story greatly "inspired" by the play, with some significant changes and trajectory for Ophelia, it works very well, at least it does for me. Not a great movie but certainly very watchable and suitably entertaining. Not a "10", not a "1", somewhere between those extremes.
Daisy Ridley is really good as Ophelia, playing her as a reasonable but strong person. I don't really know much of his work but George MacKay (mac-eye) works well as Hamlet and Naomi Watts as Gertrude.
I have the advantage of not knowing very much at all about Shakespeare's "The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark" , the source play for the book and now the movie. As the filmmakers explain, this is a re-imagining of the basic story with more focus on Ophelia and Queen Gertrude, and what the complexity of their characters might have been. Die-hard Shakespeare fans most likely take issue, anything that changes from his various versions would likely be considered unforgivable sins.
But taken as a story greatly "inspired" by the play, with some significant changes and trajectory for Ophelia, it works very well, at least it does for me. Not a great movie but certainly very watchable and suitably entertaining. Not a "10", not a "1", somewhere between those extremes.
Daisy Ridley is really good as Ophelia, playing her as a reasonable but strong person. I don't really know much of his work but George MacKay (mac-eye) works well as Hamlet and Naomi Watts as Gertrude.
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- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official site
- Languages
- Also known as
- Офелія
- Filming locations
- Krivoklát Castle, Krivoklát, Czech Republic(only the chapel, wedding scene)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $12,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $50,722
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $22,145
- Jun 30, 2019
- Gross worldwide
- $338,940
- Runtime1 hour 46 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39:1
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