Hamlet A Woman?

In 1920, Asta Nielsen started her own production company in order to produce a cinematic version of Hamlet. One of the most famous actresses of her day, Nielsen plays Hamlet as a woman forced to pretend she is a man for the sake of the crown. Produced in the wake of World War I and in the early days of cinema itself, the film opens up many questions about the role of women, history, and the new medium of film in Weimar Germany.