Little Hamlet (Hamles) 64 years old

In Little Hamlet, Skolimowski shows his predilection for immature or dwarfed characters, who would later populate his full-length films. Here a group of Warsaw proletarians meet in a destroyed building, consisting largely of stairs, littered with newspapers. A song from a record introduces the film characters as dwarfed versions of personas from Shakespeare’s Hamlet: Hamles, Ofelka, Learcio. (EMK)

Credits

Little Hamlet Cast

Name Character
Elżbieta Czyżewska She was 21, 72 years old when she died as Ofelka
Wiesław Gołas He was 29, now 93 years old
Hanna Skarżanka She was 42, 74 years old when she died
Zdzisław Leśniak He was 29, 71 years old when he died

Little Hamlet Crew

Name Department
William Shakespeare as Writer. He was 395 (51) years old when He died Writing
Little Hamlet poster
Little Hamlet (64 years)

  • Release day: Friday, January 01, 1960
  • Runtime: 8 minutes