Opheliaon Canale 5, a 2018 costume drama directed by Claire McCarthy and based on a character in the work of William Shakespeare. Hamlet. Based on the novel by Lisa Klein, the film tells the story of Hamlet from the point of view of Ophelia, played by this version of Daisy Ridley from the sequel trilogy. star Wars.
Ophelia – Actors and voice actors
Daisy Ridley: Ophelia
Naomi Watts as Gertrude/Matilda
Clive Owen as King Claudius
Tom Felton: Laertes
George MacKay as Prince Hamlet
Dominic Mafham: Polonius
Daisy Head: Christina
Anna Rust: young Matilda
Italian dubbers
Benedetta degli Innocenti: Ophelia
Barbara De Bortoli: Gertrude / Matilda
Fabio Boccaner as King Claudius
Paul Vivius: Laertes
Emanuele Ruzza: Prince Hamlet
Ophelia – Plot and Trailer
A wayward child without a mother, Ophelia is taken to Elsinore Castle by Queen Gertrude as one of her most trusted ladies-in-waiting. Ophelia soon captures the feelings of the young prince Hamlet. A passionate romance secretly sparks between them as the kingdom teeters on the brink of war amidst political intrigue and betrayal. When Hamlet’s father is killed and the prince’s mind begins to lose itself in an insatiable thirst for revenge, Ophelia juggles the rules of power in Denmark, trying to choose between her true love and her own life.
A little about the film
- Claire McCarthy (The Color Room, Domina and The Luminaries) is directing Ophelia from a screenplay by Semi Chellas (The American), based on a book by Lisa Klein herself based on characters created by William Shakespeare.
- The film is also known by the alternative Italian title Ophelia – Love and Death.
- The spoken text heard at several key points in the film comes directly from Hamlet. For example, when Ophelia’s father Polonius reads aloud Hamlet’s letter containing the lines: “Doubt that the stars are fire, doubt that the sun moves, doubt that the truth lies, but never doubt my love.” (Act 2, scene 2, page 5)
- Nathaniel Parker, who played King Hamlet in this film, played Laertes inHamlet (1990) Franco Zeffirelli starring Mel Gibson.
- Although it was filmed in the Czech Republic, where many castles were available for location shooting, most of the filming was done indoors and on sets.
- This film tells the story of Hamlet from the point of view of a minor character, in this case Ophelia. Another production that used this perspective was Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead. (1990) with Gary Oldman and Tim Roth.
- Ophelia also stars Tom Felton, Draco Malfoy from the Harry Potter films, as Laertes.
- British actresses Kate Winslet and Helena Bonham Carter played the role of Ophelia: Winslet in the film Hamlets directed by Kenneth Branagh, and Bonham Carter in “Hamlet” by Franco Zeffirelli.
- Naomi Watts and Clive Owen previously starred in International (2009).
- Daisy Ridley tells Prince Hamlet: “There are two sides to you; one is worse, the other is better. Ridley also plays Rey, the protagonist of the Star Wars sequel trilogy, who discovers her powers and connection to the Force and must choose between the light side and the dark side of it.
- The view of the opening scene, in which Ophelia swims in the pond and tells the story, is taken from the painting “Ophelia” by John Everett Millais. Her clothes and red hair also resemble those depicted in the painting.
- During the last monologue of Ophelia, when the hall is shown after the storming of the castle by the Scandinavians, it is shown that Hamlet died in a position reflecting the Hanged Man tarot card. In some interpretations, the Hanged Man symbolizes final surrender, martyrdom, and sacrifice for the common good.
Synopsis of the novel: He is Hamlet, Prince of Denmark; she’s just Ophelia. If you think you know their story, think again. In this retelling of Shakespeare’s famous tragedy, Ophelia occupies a central place. Noisy, an orphan, she grew up in Elsinore Castle and became the Queen’s most trusted lady-in-waiting. Ambitious for knowledge and as witty as she is beautiful, Ophelia explores the ways of power in a court where all is not what it seems. When she catches the eye of the handsome, dark-haired Prince Hamlet, their secret love blossoms. But bloody deeds soon turn Denmark into a place of madness, and Ophelia’s happiness crumbles. In the end, she will have to choose between her love for Hamlet and her own life. In desperation, Ophelia hatches a cunning plan to escape Elsinore forever…with a very dangerous secret. Ophelia by Lisa Klein tells the story of a young woman who falls in love, finds her place in the world and finds the strength to survive.
Ophelia by Lisa Klein is available in English on Amazon.
Hamlet in cinema
Hamlet is the most frequently and successfully performed Shakespearean play in cinema. Among female interpretations, the role of Sarah Bernhardt in the film of 1900 and the performance of the Danish actress Asta Nielsen in the film of 1921 made a sensation. In Italy, it was the young Vittorio Gassman who presented the most famous Italian film of the time about the intrigues of Elsinore. Luigi Vannucchi as Laertes and Memo Benassi in a scene from Hamlet (1955) In recent decades, two British theater baronets, Sir John Gielgud and Sir Ian McKellen, Mel Gibson, Kenneth Branagh, Ethan Hawke.
- Hamlet (Hamlet) / director Laurence Olivier / performers Laurence Olivier (Hamlet), Jean Simmons (Ophelia) / UK, 1948, running time: 155 minutes; Golden Lion; 4 Academy Awards
- Hamlet (Hamlet) / Directed by Franz Peter Wirth / Performers: Maximilian Schell (Hamlet) / RFT, 1960
- Hamlet (Hamlet) / Director B. Colleran (stage director John Gielgud) / Performers: Richard Burton (Hamlet), Hume Cronin (Polonius), John Gielgud (ghost) / USA, 1964
- TOmlet (hamlet) / director and screenplay Grigory Mikhailovich Kozintsev / Performers Innokenty Smoktunovsky (dubbed in Italian version by Enrico Maria Salerno), Anastasia Vertinskaya / USSR, 1964 / Venice International Film Festival 1964: Silver Lion – Grand Jury Prize
- Hamlet in Elsinore / Directed by Philip Saville / Starring: Christopher Plummer (Hamlet), Robert Shaw (Claudius), Michael Caine (Horace), Donald Sutherland (Fortinbras), Joe Maxwell Müller (Ophelia), Stephen Berkoff (Luciano), Lindsey Kemp / UK-Denmark, 1964
- Hamlet (Hamlet) / Directed by Tony Richardson / Starring: Nicol Williamson (Hamlet), Anthony Hopkins (Claudio), Judy Parfitt (Gertrude), Marianne Faithfull (Ophelia) / UK, 1969
- Hamlet (Hamlet) / Directed by David Giles / Starring Faith Brook (Gertrude) and Susan Fleetwood (Ophelia) Ian McKellen (Hamlet) John Woodvine (Claudio) / UK, USA, 1972
- One Less Hamlet / Directing, costumes and music selection by Carmelo Benet / Screenplay by Carmelo Benet, loosely based on Jules Laforgue’s Hamlet or the filial suites of pity / performers Carmelo Bene (Hamlet), Isabella Russo (Ophelia), Lydia Mancinelli (Kate) / Italy, 1973
- Hamlet gets down to business – (Hamlet liike-maailmassa) / Directed by Aki Kaurismaki / Performers: Pirkka-Pekka Petelius (Hamlet), Kati Outinen (Ophelia), Esko Salminen (Klaus), Elina Salo (Gertrude) / Finland, 1987
- Hamlet (Hamlet) / Directed by Franco Zeffirelli / Music by Ennio Morricone / Performers Mel Gibson (Hamlet), Glenn Close (Gertrude), Alan Bates (Claudio), Paul Scofield (father’s ghost), Helena Bonham Carter (Ophelia), Michael Maloney (Rosencrantz) / USA, 1990.
- Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead. (“Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead”) / Directed by Tom Stoppard / Screenplay by Tom Stoppard based on the play of the same name / Cast Jan Glen (Hamlet), Gary Oldman and Tim Roth / UK, 1990.
- In the middle of a frosty winter (In the cold middle of winter) / Directed and written by Kenneth Branagh / Starring Michael Maloney, Richard Bryers / UK, 1995
- Hamlets / Directed and adapted by Kenneth Branagh / Starring Kenneth Branagh (Hamlet), Derek Jacobi (Claudius), Julie Christie (Gertrude), Kate Winslet (Ophelia), Richard Briers (Polonius), Gerard Depardieu (Rinaldo), Jack Lemmon (Marcello), Charlton Heston, Judi Dench, John Gielgud, Robin Williams (Osrico) ) / USA / UK, 1996
- Hamlets / Directed by Gregory Doran / Performers David Tennant (Hamlet), Patrick Stewart (Claudius / Ghost of King Hamlet), Penny Downey (Gertrude), Mariah Gale (Ophelia), Peter de Jersey (Horace), Edward Bennett (Laertes), Oliver Ford Davis (Polonius) / USA / UK, 1996
- Hamlets 2000 / Directed by Michael Almereida / Performers Ethan Hawke (Hamlet), Kyle MacLachlan (Claudio), Sam Shepard (Ghost of the Father), Diane Venora (Gertrude), Julia Stiles (Ophelia), Carl Geary (Horace) / USA, 2000
- Tragedy of Hamlet (The Tragedy of Hamlet) (TV) / Directed by Peter Brook / Cast Adrian Lester (Hamlet), Natasha Perry (Gertrude), Bruce Myers (Polonius), Scott Handy, Geoffrey Kissun, Yoshi Oida (actor portraying the king) / France, 2002
Ophelia – Soundtrack
- The original music for the film was written by a British composer. Stephen Priceknown for writing movie soundtracks Gravity in 2013, earning it a Golden Globe nomination for Best Original Score and an Academy Award for Best Original Score. Price’s other credits include music for Suicide Squad (2017) attack the block, Child drivers, end of the world, Aeronauts, Last Night in Soho, My policeman and recent Netflix action movie Heart of Stone.
1. Ophelia (3:52)
2. A little more than a boy (1:51)
3. I have to tell you my story myself (02:44)
4. You stop my heart (1:17)
5. You have a real lady spirit (3:01)
6. Beauty turns men into beasts (1:06)
7. Parapets (4:12)
8. Weakness in love (02:47)
9. She’s afraid to feel (3:25)
10. My favorite speech (3:10)
11. Cause and cure (06:16)
12. Who do you greet my love? (1:42)
13. I am the king (3:31)
14. You can’t imagine his suffering (2:25)
15. Too common disease (04:21)
16. I’m not hungry anymore (5:20)
17. I’m Already Dead (3:16)
18. You are like a dream that I had (2:54)
19. Lose yourself in revenge (07:01)
The Ophelia soundtrack is available on Amazon.