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Hamlet(1948)

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Brief Synopsis

The melancholy Dane flirts with insanity while trying to prove his uncle murdered his father.

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Cast & Crew

Laurence Olivier Director
Laurence Olivier Hamlet
Eileen Herlie Gertrude
Basil Sydney Claudius
Jean Simmons Ophelia
Felix Aylmer Polonius
Norman Wooland Horatio
T. Morgan Laertes
Peter Cushing Osric
Russell Thorndike Priest
Anthony Quayle Marcellus
Esmond Knight Bernardo
John Laurie Francisco
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MPAA Ratings:  Premiere Info: 
Release Date:  1948 Production Date: 
Color/B&W:  Black and White Distributions Co:  not available
Sound:  Mono (Western Electric Sound System) Production Co:  Two Cities .....Production Company, Rank Film Distributors Inc .....Production Company (International Sales), J Arthur Rank Organization .....Foreign Theatrical Distributor, .....Domestic Tv Distributor, Sonar Entertainment .....Domestic Video Distributor
Duration(mins):  Country:  United Kingdom (GB)
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  • Hamlet

    Dashiell B. 2013-04-05

    At the 21st Academy Awards, this adaptation of Shakespeare's story proved that the English can make a Best Picture Winner. Olivier became the first... MORE>

  • Hamlet through one director's eye

    Oliver Cutshaw 2013-04-03

    Very good adaptation, but as with any film it reflects the director's vision of Hamlet. All very dark, murky, POV at times. Great cast and excellent... MORE>

  • Hamlet?

    Steve Myers 2013-03-30

    Much over rated version of Hamlet. Olivier plays the prince as a forty-yearold homosexual. Other actors passable. Olivier pronounces Elizabethan English... MORE>

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