Unlike Laurence Oliviers 1948 film, which removed most of the plays political dimension to focus on Hamlets inner turmoil, Kozintsevs Hamlet is as political and public as it is personal. Kozintsev observed of his predecessor: Olivier cut the theme of government, which I find extremely interesting. I will not yield a single point from this line. Where Olivier had narrow winding stairwells, Kozintsev has broad avenues, peopled with ambassadors and courtiers.The castles role as a prison is emphasised. The camera frequently looks through bars and grates, and one critic has suggested that the image of Ophelia in an iron farthingale symbolises the fate of the sensitive and intelligent in the films tough political environment.The film also shows the presence of ordinary people in ragged clothes, who are like the grave digger: good-hearted and only wishing to live peacefully. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamlet_(1964_film)
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