Released:
1948-12-10

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.

Director:
Laurence Olivier

Runtime:
2h 33min

Genre:
Drama

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