Originally produced as a motion picture in 1964 by Lenfilʹm. Based on the tragedy by Shakespeare. Special features include biography of William Shakespeare, making the film, photo albums. Venice International Film Festival 1964, Special Jury Prize; Festival of Shakespearean Films 1964, Gold Medal; British Academy of Film and Television Arts 1966, Top Prize (Director), Best Foreign Actor (I. Smoktunovskiĭ). Director of photography, I. Grit͡si͡us, music, D. Shostakovich. I. Smoktunovskiĭ, M. Nazvanov, Ė. Radzinʹ, I͡U. Tolubeev, A. Vertinskai͡a, V. Ėrenberg. In Russian, English (voice-over) and French (voice-over) with optional subtitles in Russian, English, French, German, Italian and Spanish.