Hamlet
“The motion picture of all time ... for all time!”
1948•NR•2h 33m•7.4•Released
Drama
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.
Director
Laurence Olivier
Writer
Laurence Olivier
Budget
$1M
Languages
English
Studio
Two Cities Films
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
Stanley Holloway
Gravedigger
Russell Thorndike
Priest
John Laurie
Francisco
Esmond Knight
Bernardo
Anthony Quayle
Marcellus
Harcourt Williams
First Player
Patrick Troughton
Player King
Production
Company
Two Cities Films
Company
J. Arthur Rank Organisation
Producer
Laurence Olivier
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