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.| Status: | Released (1948-12-10) |
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| Awards: | Won 4 Oscars. 18 wins & 6 nominations total |
| Screen: | William Shakespeare, Laurence Olivier |
| Productions: | Two Cities Films |
| Production Countries: | United Kingdom |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 3359: Laurence Olivier - Hamlet - Prince of Denmark / Voice of Ghost
- 50998: Basil Sydney - Claudius - The King
- 232127: Eileen Herlie - Gertrude - The Queen
- 31296: Norman Wooland - Horatio - His Friend
- 85345: Felix Aylmer - Polonius - Lord Chamberlain
- 14500: Jean Simmons - Ophelia
- 39052: Terence Morgan - Laertes
Crews
- 3359: Laurence Olivier - Director - Directing
- 3359: Laurence Olivier - Screenplay - Writing
- 133869: Reginald Beck - Associate Producer - Production
- 96758: Anthony Bushell - Producer's Assistant - Production
- 6210: William Shakespeare - Author - Writing
- 41400: Herbert Smith - Executive In Charge Of Production - Production
- 3359: Laurence Olivier - Producer - Production
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Did you ever notice how Laurence Olivier never looks to camera when he speaks in this film? Even during the most potent of his soliloquies, he always manages to avoid any direct eye contact with the audience! His "Hamlet", here, though, is the definitive representation of this troubl ....
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