Hamlet (1948)
December 10, 1948Release Date
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Laurence Olivier
Hamlet - Prince of Denmark / Voice of Ghost / Director / Screenplay / Producer
Jean Simmons
Ophelia - His Daughter
John Laurie
Francisco
Esmond Knight
Bernardo
Anthony Quayle
Marcellus
Niall MacGinnis
Sea Captain
Harcourt Williams
First Player
Patrick Troughton
Player King
Tony Tarver
Player Queen
Peter Cushing
Osric
Stanley Holloway
Gravedigger
Russell Thorndike
Priest
Basil Sydney
Claudius - The King
Eileen Herlie
Gertrude - The Queen
Norman Wooland
Horatio - His Friend
Felix Aylmer
Polonius - Lord Chamberlain
Terence Morgan
Laertes - His Son
Anthony Bushell
Bit Part (uncredited) / Producer's Assistant
Patricia Davidson
Lady of the Court (uncredited)
Doreen Lawrence
Extra (uncredited)
Christopher Lee
Palace Guard (uncredited)
Desmond Llewelyn
Extra (uncredited)
Victor Lucas
Extra (uncredited)
Patrick Macnee
Extra (uncredited)
Desmond Dickinson
Director of Photography
Helga Cranston
Editor
Carmen Dillon
Art Direction
Elizabeth Hennings
Costume Design
Tony Sforzini
Makeup Artist
Michael Morris
Makeup Artist
Norbert A. Myles
Makeup Artist
Basil Newall
Makeup Artist
Media.
Details.
Release DateDecember 10, 1948
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 33m
Content RatingNR
Budget$750,000
Genres
Wiki.
Hamlet is a 1948 British film adaptation of William Shakespeare's play of the same name, adapted and directed by and starring Laurence Olivier. Hamlet was Olivier's second film as director and the second of the three Shakespeare films that he directed (the 1936 As You Like It had starred Olivier, but had been directed by Paul Czinner). Hamlet was the first British film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. It is the first sound film of the play in English.
Olivier's Hamlet is the Shakespeare film that has received the most prestigious accolades, winning the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Actor and the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. However, it proved controversial among Shakespearean purists, who felt that Olivier had made too many alterations and excisions to the four-hour play by cutting nearly two hours' worth of content. Milton Shulman wrote in The Evening Standard: "To some it will be one of the greatest films ever made, to others a deep disappointment. Laurence Olivier leaves no doubt that he is one of our greatest living actors... his liberties with the text, however, are sure to disturb many."