Hamlet

1948·2h 33m

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.

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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

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