Royal Deceit
1990: Gabriel Axel
A fairly plausible film made on the basis of the original Amleth story by Saxo Grammaticus. Not especially profound, but well played, and worth the attention of anyone who is interested in how Shakespeare permuted the material of his sources. This is not based on any of Shakespeare’s text.
Aegilfu: Birgit Thøt Jensen
Aelfred: Philip Rham
Aethelwine: Brian Cox
Amled: Christian Bale
Aslak: Mark Williams
Bjarke: Jess Ingerslev
Bjorn: Freddie Jones
Bodvar: Ian Burns
Caedman: Brian Glover
Ethel: Kate Beckinsale
Fenge: Gabriel Byrne
Frovin: Ewen Bremner
Geruth: Helen Mirren
Gunvor: Saskia Wickham
Hardvendel: Tom Wilkinson
Hother: David Bateson
Maid 1: Lisbeth Holt Jørgensen
Maid 2: Cecilie Brask
Maid 3: Trine Larsen
Maid 4: Kika Mazanti Sørensen
Narrator: Oliver Fox
Old man: Henry Jessen
Ragnar: Tony Haygarth
Ribold: Steven Waddington
Sigurd: Richard Dempsey
Swordsman: Ken Molnar
Torsten: Andy Serkis
Tove: Asta Esper Hagen Andersen
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