International programme - Europolis

The year is 1613, Shakespeare is acknowledged as the greatest writer of the age. His renowned Globe Theatre burns to the ground, and Shakespeare returns to Stratford, where he must face a troubled past and a neglected family - his estranged wife and daughters, and the death of his only son Hamnet

UK | 2018 | 101’
biographical drama, history | CROATIAN PREMIERE

DIRECTOR Kenneth Branagh | SCREENPLAY Ben Elton | CINEMATOGRAPHY Zac Nicholson | EDITOR Úna Ní Dhonghaíle SCORE Patrick Doyle | CAST Kenneth Branagh, Judi Dench, Ian McKellen, Jack Colgrave Hirst  | PRODUCER Kenneth Branagh, Ted Gagliano, Tamar Thomas | COMPANY TKBC | SALES AGENT Continental Film

FESTIVALS AARP Movies for Grownups Awards, 2019 (Best Director, Best Supporting Actress)

Kenneth Branagh (Belfast, 1969) is a renowned actor and director, with a heritage of theatre tradition of the Royal Shakespeare Company he was a member of. His directorial debut was Shakespeare’s Henry V (1989), and he continued with Shakespeare’s plays, giving them a prominent place in his work (Much Ado About Nothing, 1993; Hamlet, 1996, As You Like It, 2006, and others).