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Bookmark this pageHamlet (1948)
Director: Laurence Olivier
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From Time Out Film Guide
Despite winning several Oscars, Olivier's (condensed) version of Shakespeare's masterpiece makes for frustrating viewing: for all its 'cinematic' ambitions (the camera prowling pointlessly along the gloomy corridors of Elsinore), it's basically a stagy showcase for the mannered performance of the director in the lead role (though he's ably supported by a number of British theatrical stalwarts). Not half as powerful as Kozintsev's marvellous Russian version.Author: GA
Cast & crew
Director: Laurence Olivier
Cast: Laurence Olivier, Eileen Herlie, Basil Sydney, Jean Simmons, Felix Aylmer, Stanley Holloway, Terence Morgan, Peter Cushing, Esmond Knight, Anthony Quayle, Christopher Lee full cast
Genre(s): Period/Swashbucklers
Duration: 155 mins
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