CPH:DOX 2012: Shakespeare: The Hidden Truth

Shakespeare: The Hidden Truth

Director: Jørgen Friberg | Norway 2012 | 105 min

The Norwegian church organist Petter Amundsen claims to have cracked the codes in Shakespeare's works and revealed a cunning conspiracy behind the texts. The so-called 'Shakespeare' was not the poet and playwright we know him as today, but actually a pseudonym for a secret brotherhood. The British Shakespeare expert Peter Crumpton travels to Norway to take a closer look at this seemingly absurd theory, and not least undermine it. He is introduced to Amundsen's incredible discoveries, intricate coding systems and a conspiracy theory, which draws lines to religious fraternities, secret orders and hidden treasures. The question is just if one cannot always find such coincidences if one searches long enough? Crumpton is skeptical, and that's putting it mildly But on an adventurous journey from Holmenkollen in Norway via Stratford and other places in Britain, and finally Oak Island in Canada, Amundsen lays forth his seductive findings little by little. But while skepticism slowly turns into fascination, and one possibly even starts to be convinced, the question arises as to how far the two of them are on the trail of a major sensation, or if Amundsen himself has created the illusion that they are chasing. A film for men and women of letters - and anyone with a taste for a good story!

Shakespeares skulte sannhet (Norway, 2012, 105 min.)
Director: Jørgen Friberg. Cast: Petter Amundsen. Producer: Kjell Eriksen.
with English Subtitles.