It is believed to have been the earliest film adaptation of the play, and starred actress Sarah Bernhardt in the lead role.
The film is two minutes in length; it features the duel scene between Hamlet and Laertes (Act V).
Hamlet was one of the first films to employ the newly discovered art of pre-recording the actors' voices, then playing the recording simultaneous to the playing of the film.
Hamlet was shown for first time in The Exposition Universelle on October 1, 1900 in Paris, France.
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