A free adaptation of Shakespeare′s drama. The Danish queen masquerades her daughter as a boy, and thus, the girl lives her life as 'Prince' Hamlet. Her father poisoned by a venomous snake placed by the treacherous Claudius, Hamlet fakes madness to investigate without suspicion.

• Art-Film GmbH
• Asta Nielsen
• Heinz Stieda
• Eduard von Winterstein
• Paul Conradi
• Mathilde Brandt
• Hans Junkermann
• Anton De Verdier
• Lilly Jacobson