Hamlet

Dec 10, 1948

2h 33m

★ 7.4

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

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Two Cities Films

J. Arthur Rank Organisation

Hamlet Trailers

Cast

Hamlet - Prince of Denmark / Voice of Ghost

Laurence Olivier

Claudius - The King

Basil Sydney

Gertrude - The Queen

Eileen Herlie

Horatio - His Friend

Norman Wooland

Polonius - Lord Chamberlain

Felix Aylmer

Ophelia

Jean Simmons

Laertes

Terence Morgan

Osric

Peter Cushing

Gravedigger

Stanley Holloway

Priest

Russell Thorndike

Francisco

John Laurie

Bernardo

Esmond Knight

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