Hamlet (1948)2h33
Drama
Director Laurence Olivier (6.9 avg)
Also directed The Prince and the Showgirl, Henry V, Richard III, and 3 more
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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Cast
Laurence Olivier
Basil Sydney
Eileen Herlie
Norman Wooland
Felix Aylmer
Jean Simmons
Terence Morgan
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