Hamlet Goes Business
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67% Critic Match

Hamlet Goes Business

6.7 / 10 1987 1h 29mNR Finnish
ComedyDrama

Storyline

When Hamlet discovers his father’s deceased body, he finds himself pulled into a power struggle as his scheming uncle attempts to secure a monopoly on the Scandinavian rubber duck industry. Will Hamlet avenge his father? Will he become the king of rubber ducks? Does any of it really matter?

Cast & Crew

Pirkka-Pekka Petelius

Pirkka-Pekka Petelius

Hamlet

Lead
Esko Salminen

Esko Salminen

Klaus

Kati Outinen

Kati Outinen

Ofelia

Elina Salo

Elina Salo

Gertrud

Esko Nikkari

Esko Nikkari

Polonius

Kari Väänänen

Kari Väänänen

Lauri Polonius

PV

Puntti Valtonen

Simo

Mari Rantasila

Mari Rantasila

Helena

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Aki Kaurismäki's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Hamlet Goes Business is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker