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Hamlet at Elsinore (1964)

Hamlet at Elsinore (1964)

Drama TV Movie
Release Date: 1964, April 15
Directors: Philip Saville
Countries: Denmark, United Kingdom
Production: DR, BBC
Cast: Michael Caine, Christopher Plummer, Robert Shaw, Donald Sutherland, Steven Berkoff, Philip Locke, Roy Kinnear, Bill Wallis, Michael Goldie, Joby Blanshard, Lindsay Kemp, Charles Carson

Overview:

The ghost of the King of Denmark tells his son Hamlet to avenge his murder by killing the new king, Hamlet's uncle. Hamlet feigns madness, contemplates life and death, and seeks revenge. His uncle, fearing for his life, also devises plots to kill Hamlet. An historic BBC production taped on location in and around Kronborg castle in Elsinore (Denmark), in which the play is set.

Keywords:

denmark filmed theater hamlet