Top billed cast

1. 

   Laurence Olivier

   Hamlet - Prince of Denmark / Voice of Ghost

2. 

   Basil Sydney

   Claudius - The King

3. 

   Eileen Herlie

   Gertrude - The Queen

4. 

   Norman Wooland

   Horatio - His Friend

5. 

   Felix Aylmer

   Polonius - Lord Chamberlain

6. 

   Jean Simmons

   Ophelia

7. 

   Terence Morgan

   Laertes

8. 

   Peter Cushing

   Osric

9. 

   Stanley Holloway

   Gravedigger

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2024-02-04

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 troubled Shakespearian character and combined with an excellently selected cast, we are presented with quite a compelling 2½ hours of tautly directed and gloriously eerily lit tragic drama. His father has been slain and his mother "Gertrude" (Eileen Herlie) has remarried his brother, now the king, "Claudius" (Basil Sydn...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$750,000.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• father murder
• based on play or musical
• fratricide