Hamlet Goes Business

Hamlet Goes Business
Film poster
Directed by	Aki Kaurismäki
Written by	Aki Kaurismäki
Based on	Hamlet by William Shakespeare (uncredited)
Produced by	Aki Kaurismäki
Starring	Pirkka-Pekka Petelius Esko Salminen Kati Outinen Elina Salo
Cinematography	Timo Salminen
Edited by	Raija Talvio
Production company	Villealfa Filmproductions
Distributed by	Finnkino
Release date	21 August 1987 (1987-08-21)
Running time	89 minutes
Country	Finland
Language	Finnish

Hamlet Goes Business (Finnish: Hamlet liikemaailmassa) is a 1987 Finnish comedy film directed by Aki Kaurismäki and starring Pirkka-Pekka Petelius.^[1][2][3] It is based on William Shakespeare's play Hamlet, but the events are housed in a modern Finnish wood processing family business.

Plot

After the death of his father, Hamlet inherits a seat on the company board controlled by his uncle that decides to enter the rubber duck market. Hamlet is suspicious of the circumstances surrounding his father's death.

Cast

• Pirkka-Pekka Petelius as Hamlet
• Esko Salminen as Klaus
• Kati Outinen as Ofelia
• Elina Salo as Gertrud
• Esko Nikkari as Polonius
• Kari Väänänen as Lauri Polonius
• Puntti Valtonen as Simo (as Hannu Valtonen)
• Mari Rantasila as Helena
• Turo Pajala as Rosencranz
• Aake Kalliala as Gyldenstern
• Pentti Auer as Hamlet's father (also as ghost)
• Matti Pellonpää as The guard
• Vesa Mäkelä as The doctor

See also

• Hamlet on screen

References

1. Hal Erickson (2011). "New York Times: Hamlet Goes Business". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 20 May 2011. Retrieved 3 August 2008.
2. Mark Thornton Burnett (4 October 2012). Shakespeare and World Cinema. Cambridge University Press. pp. 18–. ISBN 978-1-107-00331-6.
3. David Bevington (23 June 2011). Murder Most Foul: Hamlet Through the Ages. Oxford University Press. pp. 192–. ISBN 978-0-19-162054-6.

External links

• Hamlet Goes Business at IMDb
• Hamlet Goes Business at the British Board of Film Classification
• Hamlet Goes Business at the British Film Institute^{[better source needed]}
• Hamlet Goes Business at Elonet (in Finnish)
• Hamlet Goes Business at Rotten Tomatoes
• Hamlet Goes Business at the Swedish Film Institute Database