Hamlet

Hamlet

7.4IMDb Score
Released:1948-12-10
Genre:Drama
Duration:153 min
Director:Laurence Olivier
Actors:Laurence Olivier, Basil Sydney, Eileen Herlie, Norman Wooland, Felix Aylmer
Production:Two Cities Films, J. Arthur Rank Organisation

Overview:

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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