Hamlet poster
Screenplay Laurence Olivier
Director Laurence Olivier

Hamlet

Drama1948

Tagline: The motion picture of all time ... for all time!

Release Date: 1948-12-10

Duration: 153 minutes

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.

Casting

  • Christopher Lee
    Palace Guard (uncredited)
  • Laurence Olivier
    Hamlet - Prince of Denmark / Voice of Ghost
  • Peter Cushing
    Osric
  • Jean Simmons
    Ophelia
  • Patrick Macnee
    Extra (uncredited)
  • Felix Aylmer
    Polonius - Lord Chamberlain
  • Desmond Llewelyn
    Extra (uncredited)
  • Stanley Holloway
    Gravedigger
  • Patrick Troughton
    Player King
  • Anthony Quayle
    Marcellus