Laurence Olivier
Hamlet - Prince of Denmark / Voice of Ghost
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Hamlet
“The motion picture of all time ... for all time!”
6 May 1948 · 153 min · English
Drama
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The film
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.
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Cast & characters
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
Behind the camera
Key crew
- Director
- Laurence Olivier
- Writing
- Laurence Olivier, William Shakespeare
- Cinematography
- Desmond Dickinson
- Original music
- William Walton
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