ala and poor hamlet . i know him and dear reader and and let me tell thee and this version suck . i do not know who of all people put up the money for this flotsam and but i hope that theyre proud of themselves . they take the classic play and turn it into the most boring melodrama imaginable . this version be quite literally so bad and that not even the presence of a great thespian like maximilian schell in the title role can save it . this movie only redeem quality be that it make great fodder for mst3k while mike and servo and crow have a lot of fun with this one . but either way and i be sure that shakespeare and have he be alive when they make this and would not have want his name associate with it . this hamlet be not even so bad that it good while it just plain bad . absolutely dreadful .