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In the Bleak Midwinter

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In the Bleak Midwinter
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R,1hr 40min
Genre:
Comedy
Released:
February 9, 1996
Director:
Kenneth Branagh
Starring:
Michael Maloney, Richard Briers, Mark Hadfield  ...more
Synopsis: When his professional career hits a lull, an actor attempts to revitalize his career by staging a production of Hamlet, directed by and starring himself. Director and star Kenneth Branagh would in fact release his own film version of Shakespeare's classic play a year later, but this comedy provides his fictional counterpart with far less in terms of production value. Lacking money and time, he recruits a rather motley group of drunks, incompetents, and oddballs, including a middle-aged female impersonator ... Full Synopsis
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Dan Friedman, AMG Review
After the success he achieved with Dead Again and Much Ado About Nothing was followed by the ego-driven disappointment Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Kenneth Branagh regrouped with A Midwinter's Tale, the story of a ragged acting troupe brought together by an out-of-work actor for a Christmas production of Hamlet. Following the line that simpler is better, Branagh keeps everything very low-key, even ... Full Review
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Michael Maloney
Joe Harper (Hamlet)
Richard Briers
Henry Wakefield (Claudius, the Ghost, and the Player
Mark Hadfield
Vernon Spatch (Polonius, Marcellus, and First Gravedi
Nicholas Farrell
Tom Newman (Laertes, Fortinbras, and messengers)
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