11 May 2009
To Be or Not to Be: Klingons and Shakespeare
The story behind the translation and performance of Shakespeare's "Hamlet" in Klingon.
Dust in the Sun
In the dry, dusty western hamlet of San Angelo, landowner Joe Bradford kills his brother and then marries his brother's widow, Gertie. Gertie's son, Hawk, decides that something's rotten in this state of affairs and thinks about taking action
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Maria Schell Gertie Bradford
Bob Cunningham Joe Bradford
Daniel Beretta Hawk Bradford
Karin Meier Maria Edwards
José Calvo The Great Goldoni
Colin Drake Sheriff Edwards
Perla Cristal Saloon Owner
Manolo Otero Ken
Lorenzo Robledo Swann
Marisa Porcel Gerome Jeffrys Crack
Odile Astié La paysanne
André Thévenet Monky
Henry Bydon 
Milo Quesada Florencio Amarilla Man
Pilar Vela Mme. Goldoni
Ángel del Pozo Le prêtre
Fernando Bilbao Flops (uncredited)
José Galera Balazote Barfly (uncredited)
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