Hamlet
dir. Laurence Olivier
80
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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.
Directed byLaurence Olivier
StarringLaurence Olivier, Basil Sydney, Eileen Herlie, Norman Wooland, Felix Aylmer, Jean Simmons
Written byLaurence Olivier
CinematographyDesmond Dickinson
MusicWilliam Walton
Hamlet
1948 · NR · 2h 33m
Drama
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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