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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.
Language
Budget$750,000
Revenue --
English
Budget$750,000
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Keywords
father murder
based on play or musical
fratricide
Casts

Laurence Olivier
Hamlet - Prince of Denmark / Voice of Ghost

Basil Sydney
Claudius - The King

Eileen Herlie
Gertrude - The Queen

Norman Wooland
Horatio - His Friend

Felix Aylmer
Polonius - Lord Chamberlain

Jean Simmons
Ophelia

Terence Morgan
Laertes

Peter Cushing
Osric

Stanley Holloway
Gravedigger
Russell Thorndike
Priest

John Laurie
Francisco

Esmond Knight
Bernardo

Anthony Quayle
Marcellus

Harcourt Williams
First Player

Patrick Troughton
Player King
Tony Tarver
Player Queen

Niall MacGinnis
Sea Captain

Anthony Bushell
Bit Part (uncredited)
Patricia Davidson
Lady of the Court (uncredited)
Doreen Lawrence
Extra (uncredited)

Christopher Lee
Palace Guard (uncredited)

Desmond Llewelyn
Extra (uncredited)
Victor Lucas
Extra (uncredited)

Patrick Macnee
Extra (uncredited)

Howard Lang
Servant (uncredited)
Crews

Laurence Olivier
Director

Laurence Olivier
Screenplay
Reginald Beck
Associate Producer

Anthony Bushell
Producer's Assistant

Laurence Olivier
Producer
Herbert Smith
Executive In Charge Of Production

William Shakespeare
Author
Roger K. Furse
Costume Design
Desmond Dickinson
Director of Photography
Helga Cranston
Editor

Carmen Dillon
Art Direction
Elizabeth Hennings
Costume Design
Tony Sforzini
Makeup Artist
Michael Morris
Makeup Artist
Norbert A. Myles
Makeup Artist
Basil Newall
Makeup Artist
Ernest Westo
Makeup Artist
Harry Miller
Sound Editor
John W. Mitchell
Sound Recordist
L.E. Overton
Sound Recordist
Desmond Dew
Sound Recordist
Ken Rawkins
Sound Recordist
Barbara Gillett
Wardrobe Master

William Walton
Original Music Composer
Vivienne Walker
Hairstylist
Peter Bolton
Assistant Director
Backdrops & Posters





