Hamile: The Tongo Hamlet

Hamile: The Tongo Hamlet (1964)

An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare, which takes place in the home of the Frafra people, in the far north of Ghana. Performed by students of the University of Ghana School of Music and Drama.

Date of release
1964-01-01
TMDB
8.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
2h 0m
Genres
Drama
Director
Terry Bishop

Casting

Interesting facts

Hamile is a 1964 Ghanaian black-and-white drama film directed by Terry Bishop and starring Joe Akonor, Kofi Middleton-Mends and Ernest Abbequaye. It was executive produced by Sam Aryeety for the Ghana Film Industry Corporation. It is an adaptation, in English, of Shakespeare's Hamlet performed by students of the University of Ghana School of Music and Drama, produced by Joe de Graft.

Production

The film was shot near Accra, with the grave scene filmed in the University of Ghana's botanical garden; the production schedule was 30 days.

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