Hamlet
The motion picture of all time ... for all time!
- 1948
- Rated NR
- 2h 33m
- Drama
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.
Fun facts
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Awards
Won 5 awards, including the Oscars for Best Picture and Best Art Direction, Black and White (1949)
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Nominations
3 award nominations, including the Oscar for Best Director
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Box office
Made on a $750K budget
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Based on
Based on Hamlet
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Setting
Set in Denmark
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Music
Music by William Walton
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Desmond Dickinson
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Laurence OlivierScreenplay
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- December 10, 1948
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $750K
- Countries
- United Kingdom
Streaming on
In the United States
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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
Anthony QuayleMarcellus
Harcourt WilliamsFirst Player
Patrick TroughtonPlayer King- Tony TarverPlayer Queen
Niall MacGinnisSea Captain
Anthony BushellBit Part (uncredited)- Patricia DavidsonLady of the Court (uncredited)
- Doreen LawrenceExtra (uncredited)
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