Hamlet

Hamlet (1948)

The motion picture of all time ... for all time!

Winner of four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor, Sir Laurence Olivier’s Hamlet continues to be the most compelling version of Shakespeare’s beloved tragedy. Olivier is at his most inspired—both as director and as the melancholy Dane himself—as he breathes new life into the words of one of the world’s greatest dramatists.

Date of release
1948-12-10
TMDB
7.4 / 10 (302)
Runtime
2h 33m
Genres
Drama
Director
Laurence Olivier

Casting

  • Laurence Olivier — Hamlet - Prince of Denmark / Voice of Ghost
  • Basil Sydney — Claudius - The King
  • Eileen Herlie — Gertrude - The Queen
  • Norman Wooland — Horatio - His Friend
  • Felix Aylmer — Polonius - Lord Chamberlain
  • Jean Simmons — Ophelia
  • Terence Morgan — Laertes
  • Peter Cushing — Osric
  • Stanley Holloway — Gravedigger
  • Russell Thorndike — Priest
  • John Laurie — Francisco
  • Esmond Knight — Bernardo

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