The read
Scores higher than 83% of the 412 1940s drama movies in this catalog. It runs long at 2h 33m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes96%
Metacritic82/100
300 audience votes
Key crew
- Laurence OlivierScreenplay
- Laurence OlivierDirector
- William WaltonOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Laurence OlivierHamlet - Prince of Denmark / Voice of Ghost
- Basil SydneyClaudius - The King
- Eileen HerlieGertrude - The Queen
- Norman WoolandHoratio - His Friend
- Felix AylmerPolonius - Lord Chamberlain
- Jean SimmonsOphelia
- Terence MorganLaertes
- Peter CushingOsric
- Stanley HollowayGravedigger
- Russell ThorndikePriest
- John LaurieFrancisco
- Esmond KnightBernardo
Stills
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Themes
father murderbased on play or musicalfratricide