Hamlet

7.4
  • Genre: Drama
  • Run time: 153 min
  • Premiere: 1948. December 10.

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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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

Stanley Holloway

Gravedigger

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)

Art

Carmen Dillon

Art Direction

Camera

Desmond Dickinson

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Roger K. Furse

Costume Design

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

Barbara Gillett

Wardrobe Master

Vivienne Walker

Hairstylist

Directing

Peter Bolton

Assistant Director

Editing

Production

Reginald Beck

Associate Producer

Anthony Bushell

Producer's Assistant

Herbert Smith

Executive In Charge Of Production

Sound

Harry Miller

Sound Editor

John W. Mitchell

Sound Recordist

L.E. Overton

Sound Recordist

Desmond Dew

Sound Recordist

Ken Rawkins

Sound Recordist

William Walton

Original Music Composer

Writing

Laurence Olivier

Screenplay

Art

Carmen Dillon

Art Direction

Camera

Desmond Dickinson

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Roger K. Furse

Costume Design

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

Barbara Gillett

Wardrobe Master

Vivienne Walker

Hairstylist

Directing

Peter Bolton

Assistant Director

Editing

Production

Reginald Beck

Associate Producer

Anthony Bushell

Producer's Assistant

Herbert Smith

Executive In Charge Of Production

Sound

Harry Miller

Sound Editor

John W. Mitchell

Sound Recordist

L.E. Overton

Sound Recordist

Desmond Dew

Sound Recordist

Ken Rawkins

Sound Recordist

William Walton

Original Music Composer

Writing

Laurence Olivier

Screenplay