Hamlet
United Kingdom • 1948
Director
#82Criterion Collection →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.
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.
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Credits
Crew
DirectorLaurence Olivier
WriterLaurence Olivier
CinematographerDesmond Dickinson
ComposerWilliam Walton
EditorHelga Cranston
ProducerLaurence Olivier
Cast
Laurence Olivieras Hamlet - Prince of Denmark / Voice of Ghost
Basil Sydneyas Claudius - The King
Eileen Herlieas Gertrude - The Queen
Norman Woolandas Horatio - His Friend