Hamlet

Hamlet

155 mins | Drama | Dec. 10, 1948

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.

Hamlet

155 mins | Drama | Dec. 10, 1948

Hamlet
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.
IMDb rating 7.6
Producers Two Cities Films, J. Arthur Rank Organisation
Original title Hamlet
Directors Laurence Olivier
Writers William Shakespeare, Laurence Olivier

Cast

Laurence Olivier

as Hamlet - Prince of Denmark / Voice of Ghost

Jean Simmons

as Ophelia - His Daughter

John Laurie

as Francisco

Esmond Knight

as Bernardo

Anthony Quayle

as Marcellus

Niall MacGinnis

as Sea Captain

Harcourt Williams

as First Player

Patrick Troughton

as Player King

Tony Tarver

as Player Queen

Peter Cushing

as Osric

Stanley Holloway

as Gravedigger

Russell Thorndike

as Priest

Basil Sydney

as Claudius - The King

Eileen Herlie

as Gertrude - The Queen

Norman Wooland

as Horatio - His Friend

Felix Aylmer

as Polonius - Lord Chamberlain

Terence Morgan

as Laertes - His Son

Anthony Bushell

as Bit Part (uncredited)

Patricia Davidson

as Lady of the Court (uncredited)

Doreen Lawrence

as Extra (uncredited)

Christopher Lee

as Palace Guard (uncredited)

Desmond Llewelyn

as Extra (uncredited)

Victor Lucas

as Extra (uncredited)

Patrick Macnee

as Extra (uncredited)