Hamlet
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7.4Winner 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.
Released: 1948-12-10153 minDir: Laurence OlivierDrama
Cast
- Laurence Olivier as Hamlet - Prince of Denmark / Voice of Ghost
- Basil Sydney as Claudius - The King
- Eileen Herlie as Gertrude - The Queen
- Norman Wooland as Horatio - His Friend
- Felix Aylmer as Polonius - Lord Chamberlain
- Jean Simmons as Ophelia
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Ratings · OMDb
IMDb
7.6/10
19,146 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
96%
Metacritic
82/100
- Rated
- Approved
- Awards
- Won 4 Oscars. 18 wins & 6 nominations total
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Key dates
- Published
- 28 September 1948
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Hamlet
- Director
- Laurence Olivier
- Screenwriter
- Laurence Olivier
- Cast member
- Anthony Bushell
- Composer