i have see all kind of hamlet . kenneth branagh be most ambitious and mel gibson be quick and to the point and laurence olivier be the best hand down . but now we come to maximilian schell take on the bard . for one and this be a dubbed version of a german tv production of william shakespeare venerable chestnut . but if there a slow and more plodding and more lethargic and bad stag version out there somewhere and it must have be act at grade school level . have see it on mst3k help and with mike and the robot take jolly good jab at the old boy and puncture the profundity of black and white tv and shakespeare and the wisdom ( . ) of german act out an english play and make it look like an ingmar bergman reject . of course and the best part be the mst riff . best line . i be gon na unleash the great dane and i do not think so and breather and meet the beatles and hey and dad and will you help me with my science project and and my personal favorite and during a party garrison keillor leave germany ( yaaay . ) . but then there schell and play shakespeare great character much like a department store mannequin would and only not a expressive . no doubt he a great actor and but here he come off about as well a paul newman in the silver chalice . ever see that one . you get ta watch these two on a double bill . in the end and this be one instance where it true that youre much good off to just read the book . at least the book isn not dub by ricardo montalban . one star only for this hamlet while ten star and naturally and for the mst3k version . good night and not so sweet prince .