Hamlet

Dec 21, 1969

1h 57m

★ 5.7

Overview

Tony Richardson's Hamlet is based on his own stage production. Filmed entirely within the Roundhouse in London (a disused train shed), it is shot almost entirely in close up, focusing the attention on faces and language rather than action.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Filmways Pictures

Woodfall Film Productions

Columbia Pictures

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Cast

Hamlet / King Hamlet

Nicol Williamson

Claudius

Anthony Hopkins

Gertrude

Judy Parfitt

Ophelia

Marianne Faithfull

Polonius

Mark Dignam

Horatio

Gordon Jackson

Rosencrantz

Ben Aris

Guildenstern

Clive Graham

First Player / Gravedigger

Roger Livesey

Captain

Michael Elphick

Reynaldo

Roger Lloyd Pack

Laertes

Michael Pennington

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