%0 Journal Article
%T The Shadow¡¯s Shadow, or Gendered Ambition in Asta Nielsen¡¯s 1921 Hamlet
%A Delilah Bermudez Brataas
%J Cahiers ¨¦lisab¨¦thains
%@ 2054-4715
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0184767818813001
%X William Shakespeare¡¯s Hamlet was the subject of at least 13 silent films, yet Asta Nielsen¡¯s 1921 Hamlet, directed by Svend Gade and Heinz Schall, was unique on several levels, with neither the play¡¯s familiar language nor the visual icons one would expect. No film adaptation captures the tragedy¡¯s thematic ambition as masterfully through the same interrogation of light and dark that the original play realizes through words. In this article, I explore the film¡¯s strategic use of chiaroscuro in tandem with props and costuming and its continuing influence on the visual reception of Shakespeare¡¯s play
%K Shakespeare
%K Hamlet
%K silent film
%K gender
%K Weimar cinema
%K Shakespeare
%K Hamlet
%K film muet
%K genre
%K cin¨¦ma de Weimar
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0184767818813001