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Hamlet (1948)

Average Score: 7.42 (rated by 268 viewers)

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.

Genres

Drama

Additional info

CastReview
  • 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

  • Tony Tarver

    Player Queen

  • Niall MacGinnis

    Sea Captain

  • Anthony Bushell

    Bit Part (uncredited)

  • Patricia Davidson

    Lady of the Court (uncredited)

  • Doreen Lawrence

    Extra (uncredited)

  • Christopher Lee

    Palace Guard (uncredited)

  • Desmond Llewelyn

    Extra (uncredited)

  • Victor Lucas

    Extra (uncredited)

  • Patrick Macnee

    Extra (uncredited)