Le Duel d’Hamlet
(1900) French
B&W : [?] 174 feet?
Directed by (unknown)

Cast: Sarah Bernhardt [Hamlet], Pierre Magnier [Laertes]

Produced by Clément-Maurice Gratioulet. From the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare. / [?] 35mm spherical format? Phono-Cinéma-Théâtre sound-on-cylinder sound system. / Bernhardt’s film debut. The soundtrack was presented on Lioretographe sound cylinders. The film was distributed in France after 1907 by Urban Eclipse. The film was distributed in 1908 at a 174 feet length by Kleine Optical Company in the USA; the film appears to not have been distributed with a soundtrack in the USA. / Full-sound film.

Drama: Historical.

Survival Status: Print exists in the Filmmuseum Berlin Deutsch Kinemathek film archive; a print may exist in the Cinémathèque Française film archive.

Keywords: Authors: William Shakespeare - Early sound film - Synchronized sound film

Listing updated: 23 September 2004.

References: Ball-Shakespeare pp. 64a, 386; Bardèche-History p. 45; Barry-Griffith p. 8; Card-Seductive p. 25; Geduld-Birth p. 53; Kerr-Silent p. 7; Menefee-Bernhardt pp. 89-90, 91, 92, 96-97, 151, 153; Shipman-Cinema p. 38; Thompson-Lost p. ix.