Hamlet Goes Business

1987 · directed by Aki Kaurismäki

Rating

68/100

Hit

no

When Hamlet discovers his father’s deceased body, he finds himself pulled into a power struggle as his scheming uncle attempts to secure a monopoly on the Scandinavian rubber duck industry. Will Hamlet avenge his father? Will he become the king of rubber ducks? Does any of it really matter?

Hamlet Goes Business (1987), directed by Aki Kaurismäki, rates 68/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Pirkka-Pekka Petelius
• Esko Salminen
• Kati Outinen
• Elina Salo
• Esko Nikkari
• Kari Väänänen
• Puntti Valtonen
• Mari Rantasila
• Turo Pajala
• Aake Kalliala

Crew

• Timo Salminen — Director of Photography
• Raija Talvio — Editor
• Aki Kaurismäki — Screenplay

More from Aki Kaurismäki

1. Drifting Clouds (1996) — 86/100 · hit
2. The Match Factory Girl (1990) — 85/100 · hit
3. Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989) — 82/100 · hit
4. The Man Without a Past (2002) — 81/100 · hit
5. Fallen Leaves (2023) — 80/100 · hit
6. To Each His Own Cinema (2007) — 79/100

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