Hamlet (1948)
The motion picture of all time ... for all time!
154 min
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.
- Release date
- September 28, 1948
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Budget
- $750,000
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Trailer
Cast
- Laurence Olivier as Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
- 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, and Daughter
- Terence Morgan as Laertes
- Peter Cushing as Osric
- Stanley Holloway as Gravedigger
- Russell Thorndike as Priest
- John Laurie as Francisco
- Esmond Knight as Bernardo
- Anthony Quayle as Marcellus
- Harcourt Williams as First Player
- Patrick Troughton as Player King
- Tony Tarver as Player Queen
- Niall MacGinnis as Sea Captain
- Anthony Bushell as Bit Part (uncredited)
- Christopher Lee as Palace Guard (uncredited)
- Desmond Llewelyn as Extra (uncredited)
- Victor Lucas as Extra (uncredited)
- Patrick Macnee as Extra (uncredited)
- Howard Lang as Servant (uncredited)
Crew
- Laurence Olivier · Director
- William Shakespeare · Writer
- William Walton · Composer
- Desmond Dickinson · Cinematographer
- Helga Cranston · Editor