Prince Hamlet struggles over whether or not he should kill his uncle, whom he suspects has murdered his father, the former king.
Cast: Esmond Knight, John Laurie
Crew: Laurence Olivier (Director), Desmond Dickinson (Director of Photography), William Walton (Music Director)
Genres: Drama
Release Dates: 12 Aug 1948 (India)
Did you know? This shorn-down version of William Shakespeare's play was criticized by purists, including Ethel Barrymore, who complained that it wasn't as faithful as the stage version produced on Broadway in 1922, in which her brother John Barrymore played Hamlet. Ethel Barrymore was the presenter of the Best Picture Oscar at the Academy Awards that year and was visibly shaken when she read out Sir Laurence Olivier's name as the winner. Read More
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as Bernardo
as Francisco
as Marcellus
as Claudius - The King
as Gertrude - The Queen
as First Player
as Hamlet - Prince of Denmark
as Player King
as Osric
as Gravedigger
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Film Type:
Feature
Language:
English
Colour Info:
Black & White
Sound Mix:
Mono
Frame Rate:
24 fps
Aspect Ratio:
1.37:1
Stereoscopy:
No
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Trivia:
This film is the first English sound movie version of William Shakespeare's "Hamlet".
This shorn-down version of William Shakespeare's play was criticized by purists, including Ethel Barrymore, who complained that it wasn't as faithful as the stage version produced on Broadway in 1922, in which her brother John Barrymore played Hamlet. Ethel Barrymore was the presenter of the Best Picture Oscar at the Academy Awards that year and was visibly shaken when she read out Sir Laurence Olivier's name as the winner.
This British film was the first non-American movie to win the Oscar for Best Picture.
Sir Laurence Olivier initially said that the movie had been filmed in black and white for artistic reasons. The true reason, as he later admitted, was that he was in the middle of a furious row with Technicolor.
This shorn-down version of William Shakespeare's play was criticized by purists, including Ethel Barrymore, who complained that it wasn't as faithful as the stage version produced on Broadway in 1922, in which her brother John Barrymore played Hamlet. Ethel Barrymore was the presenter of the Best Picture Oscar at the Academy Awards that year and was visibly shaken when she read out Sir Laurence Olivier's name as the winner.
This British film was the first non-American movie to win the Oscar for Best Picture.
Sir Laurence Olivier initially said that the movie had been filmed in black and white for artistic reasons. The true reason, as he later admitted, was that he was in the middle of a furious row with Technicolor.
