Hamlet

IMDb 7.4 1948 • 153 min • Drama

Director

Laurence Olivier

Country

GB

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Laurence Olivier
Laurence Olivier Hamlet - Prince of Denmark / Voice of Ghost
Basil Sydney
Basil Sydney Claudius - The King
Eileen Herlie
Eileen Herlie Gertrude - The Queen
Norman Wooland
Norman Wooland Horatio - His Friend
Felix Aylmer
Felix Aylmer Polonius - Lord Chamberlain