Le duel d'Hamlet (1900)

Le duel d'Hamlet (1900)

Release Date: 1900, May 21
Directors: Clément Maurice
Countries: France
Production: Phono-Cinéma-Théâtre
Cast: Sarah Bernhardt, Pierre Magnier

Overview:

The movie consists solely of a saber fight. Bernhardt plays a cross-gender Hamlet, and Pierre Magnier is her fellow duelist, Laertes. A few bystanders, in Rennaissance dress, stand off to the right of the screen, and in the background, next to a painted backdrop.