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Hamlet

The motion picture of all time ... for all time!
Dec 10, 1948 · 2h 33m
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Drama

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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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CAST

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
Directed by Laurence Olivier

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
$750,000
Revenue
—
Production
Two Cities Films, J. Arthur Rank Organisation
Country
GB

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