Movie·1964·2h 50m
Hamlet at Elsinore
Directed By
Philip Saville
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
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The Story
The ghost of the King of Denmark tells his son Hamlet to avenge his murder by killing the new king, Hamlet's uncle. Hamlet feigns madness, contemplates life and death, and seeks revenge. His uncle, fearing for his life, also devises plots to kill Hamlet. An historic BBC production taped on location in and around Kronborg castle in Elsinore (Denmark), in which the play is set.
Producer
Peter Luke
Music
Richard Rodney Bennett
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
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Cast
Christopher Plummer
Hamlet
Robert Shaw
Claudius
Alec Clunes
Polonius
Michael Caine
Horatio
June Tobin
Gertrude
Jo Maxwell Muller
Ophelia
Roy Kinnear
Gravedigger
Philip Locke
Osric
Dyson Lovell
Laertes
Peter Prowse
Marcellus
David Calderisi
Rosencrantz
Bill Wallis
Guildenstern
Charles Carson
Priest
David Swift
Player King
Lindsay Kemp
Player Queen
Steven Berkoff
Lucianus
Donald Sutherland
Fortinbras
Joby Blanshard
Captain
// crew
Crew
Philip Saville
Director
Richard Rodney Bennett
Original Music Composer
Peter Luke
Producer
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