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Amleth (Old Norse: Amlóði;
Latinized as Amlethus) is a
figure in a
medieval Scandinavian legend, the
direct inspiration of the
character of
Prince Hamlet...
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Eggers from a
screenplay he co-wrote with Sjón.
Based on the
legend of
Amleth, the film
stars Alexander Skarsgård (who also produced),
Nicole Kidman,...
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guarding him.
Joining Amleth and his newly-formed unit were the
Jutish Princess Ophelia and her
protective knight, Godot.
Despite Amleth's objections, Ophelia...
- of Denmark, gave his
daughter to Horwendill; the
couple then had a son,
Amleth. But Feng, out of jealousy,
murdered Horwendill, and
persuaded Gerutha to...
- of
Amleth,
which was
preserved in
Latin by 13th-century
chronicler Saxo
Grammaticus in his
Gesta Danorum, and
printed in
Paris in 1514. The
Amleth story...
- combat.
Introduces Amleth as a
grandson of a
Danish king,
whose father was
murdered by his uncle, the
governor of Jylland.
Amleth pretends to be a fool...
- significant: "It was no mere Englishing; he
could readily have been
called Amleth here too. He had been
deliberately rebaptised by his new creator." Sams...
- Emmy
Award for
Outstanding Guest Actor in a
Drama Series. He portra****
Amleth in the epic film The Northman.
Released in
April 2022, the film garnered...
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Horwendillus (Ørvendil), is also the name
given to the
father of
Amlethus (
Amleth) in Saxo Grammaticus'
Gesta Danorum.
Comparative studies of the various...
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Gesta Danorum, the
first full
history of Denmark, from
which the
legend of
Amleth would come to
inspire the
story of
Hamlet by Shakespeare. The
Jutland Chronicle...
