Director
Gregory Doran
Leading Actors/Actresses
David Tennant and Patrick Stewart
Supporting Actors/Actresses
Penny Downie, Mariah Gale, Peter de Jersey, and Edward Bennett
Genre
Tragedy
Language
English
Awards
Patrick Stewart was nominated for the Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actor
Date of Release
December 26th, 2009
Producer
John Wyver and Seb Grant
Setting and Context
Denmark
Narrator and Point of View
Told from the point of view of Hamlet
Tone and Mood
The tone of the film is dark and brooding. Its mood is one of deceit and deception.
Protagonist and Antagonist
Hamlet (Protagonist) vs. Claudius (Antagonist)
Major Conflict
The major conflict of the film is the one between Claudius and Hamlet.
Climax
When Hamlet is murdered.
Foreshadowing
Laertes' murder of Hamlet is foreshadowed early on the film
Understatement
The line "It is not nor it cannot come to good, But break, my heart, for I must hold my tongue" is complete understatement. The situation is horrible, not merely okay as Hamlet would suggest.
Innovations in Filming or Lighting or Camera Techniques
Although well-filmed, Hamlet (2009) is not innovative in filming or lighting or camera techniques.
Allusions
To Shakespeare's other works, to history, and to geography.
Paradox
By blood, Claudius is related to Hamlet, yet he acts in ways completely differently to Hamlet, making it seem like they are not related at all.
Parallelism
The ways which Hamlet and his father are killed is paralleled.
