The Hamlet Syndrome
Directed by Piotr Rosołowski, Elwira Niewiera
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To be or not to be in Ukraine
Five young Ukrainians discuss life following the Maidan Revolution of 2014. Not all fought in the Russian-Ukrainian war, but it, regardless, shattered their life plans. Representing 'Generation Maidan', they face the question of how to cope with experiences of violence, how to go on. A local theatre director produces Hamlet, wherein they can use Shakespeare’s tragic character as a mirror and face their traumas onstage. For them, 'to be or not to be' is not simply text but an existential dilemma with no clear answer.Read moreLess
Five young Ukrainians discuss life following the Maidan Revolution of 2014. Not all fought in the Russian-Ukrainian war, but it, regardless, shattered their life plans. Representing 'Generation Maidan', they face the question of how to cope with experiences of violence, how to go on. A local theatre director produces Hamlet, wherein they can use Shakespeare’s tragic character as a mirror and face their traumas onstage. For them, 'to be or not to be' is not simply text but an existential dilemma with no clear answer.
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Five young Ukrainians discuss life following the Maidan Revolution of 2014. Not all fought in the Russian-Ukrainian war, but it, regardless, shattered their life plans. Representing 'Generation Maidan', they face the question of how to cope with experiences of violence, how to go on. A local theatre director produces Hamlet, wherein they can use Shakespeare’s tragic character as a mirror and face their traumas onstage. For them, 'to be or not to be' is not simply text but an existential dilemma with no clear answer.
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- Director
- Piotr Rosołowski
- Director
- Elwira Niewiera
- Editor
- Agata Cierniak
- Producer
- Matthias Miegel
- Producer
- Agata Szymańska
- Producer
- Magdalena Kamińska
- Producer
- Robert Thalheim
- Producer
- Andreas Banz
- Original Music Composer
- Jan Miserre
- Original Music Composer
- John Gürtler
- Screenplay
- Elwira Niewiera
- Screenplay
- Piotr Rosołowski
- Director of Photography
- Piotr Rosołowski