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The motion picture of all time ... for all time! - Hamlet
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Title: Hamlet

Release Date: 10 Dec 1948

Runtime: 2h 33m

Genre: Drama

Director: Two Cities Films, J. Arthur Rank Organisation

Production Companies: Two Cities Films, J. Arthur Rank Organisation

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.

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Average Vote: 7.397 (263 votes)

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
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