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Hamlet (1948)

Hamlet (1948)

Drama

The motion picture of all time ... for all time!

Release Date: 1948, December 10
Directors: Laurence Olivier
Countries: United Kingdom
Production: Two Cities Films, J. Arthur Rank Organisation
Cast: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Howard Lang, Jean Simmons, Desmond Llewelyn, Laurence Olivier, Patrick Macnee, Anthony Quayle, Patrick Troughton, Harcourt Williams, Felix Aylmer, Norman Wooland

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.

Keywords:

based on play or musical fratricide father murder