Hamlet
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12/10/1948Runtime
153 minsGenres
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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.
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EnglishBudget
$750,000Revenue
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A stately, psychologically probing descent into grief and vengeance that finds in Shakespeare's words the full weight of human despair and moral paralysis. Olivier's interpretation is measured and introspective, making the prince's internal torment as dramatically vital as any sword-thrust.
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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
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Russell Thorndike
Priest
John Laurie
Francisco
Esmond Knight
Bernardo
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