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    Hamlet

    Poster of the movie Hamlet
    1948     Drama    
    United Kingdom
    2h 35min

    Hamlet (Olivier) is a medieval Danish prince who's still melancholy over the sudden death of his father and the quick, subsequent remarriage of his mother, Queen Gertrude (Eileen Herlie) to his uncle, Claudius (Basil Sydney). Informed by the ghost of his father that Claudius murdered him, Hamlet schemes to take revenge. Unsure how best to proceed, his delays and the horrible secret burdening him eventually lead to the violent snuffing out of several lives in both his family and that of courtier Polonius (Felix Aylmer), whose daughter Ophelia (Jean Simmons) is in love with Hamlet.

    Directed byLaurence Olivier
    Written byWilliam Shakespeare
    CompanyUniversal PicturesUniversal PicturesUniversal Pictures

    Awards

    Starring

    John Laurie
    Esmond Knight
    Anthony Quayle
    Peter Cushing
    Stanley Holloway
    Laurence Olivier
    Jean Simmons
    Christopher Lee
    Desmond Llewelyn
    + MORE

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