Hamlet (1948)

Hamlet
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  • Genre: Drama
  • Running time: 153 min
  • Premiere: 10th of December 1948

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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Cast

Christopher Lee
as Palace Guard (uncredited)
Jean Simmons
as Ophelia
Patrick Troughton
as Player King
Peter Cushing
as Osric
Laurence Olivier
as Hamlet - Prince of Denmark / Voice of Ghost
Patrick Macnee
as Extra (uncredited)
Anthony Quayle
as Marcellus
Felix Aylmer
as Polonius - Lord Chamberlain
Norman Wooland
as Horatio - His Friend
Desmond Llewelyn
as Extra (uncredited)
John Laurie
as Francisco
Esmond Knight
as Bernardo
Howard Lang
as Servant (uncredited)
Basil Sydney
as Claudius - The King
Stanley Holloway
as Gravedigger
Niall MacGinnis
as Sea Captain
Terence Morgan
as Laertes
Anthony Bushell
as Bit Part (uncredited)
Eileen Herlie
as Gertrude - The Queen
Harcourt Williams
as First Player

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