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     Laurence Olivier

     Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
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     Esmond Knight

     Bernardo
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     Jean Simmons

     Ophelia, Daughter of Polonius
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     Anthony Quayle

     Marcellus
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     Basil Sydney

     Claudius, The King
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     Niall MacGinnis

     Sea Captain

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2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Hamlet_(1948_film)Hamlet (1948 film) - Wikipedia

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   It is the first sound film of the play in English. Olivier's Hamlet is the Shakespeare film that has received the most prestigious accolades, winning the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Actor and the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.

   • Budget: £527,530
   • Starring: Laurence Olivier

   • Produced by: Laurence Olivier
   • Music by: William Walton

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4. www.imdb.com › title › tt0040416Hamlet (1948) - IMDb

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   Hamlet: Directed by Laurence Olivier. With John Laurie, Esmond Knight, Anthony Quayle, Niall MacGinnis. Prince Hamlet struggles over whether or not he should kill his uncle, whom he suspects has murdered his father, the former king.

   • 7.6/10 (18K)
   • Genre: Drama

   • Director: Laurence Olivier
   • Release Date: 1948-06-11

5. www.imdb.com › title › tt0040416Hamlet (1948) - Full Cast & Crew - IMDb

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   Hamlet (1948) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.

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7. www.imdb.com › title › tt0040416Hamlet (1948) - Plot - IMDb

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   Summaries. Prince Hamlet struggles over whether or not he should kill his uncle, whom he suspects has murdered his father, the former king. William Shakespeare's tale of tragedy of murder and revenge in the royal halls of medieval Denmark.

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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.

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   • Actors: Laurence Olivier

   • Director: Laurence Olivier
   • Category: Drama

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   Is hamlet a good movie?

   • It is the first sound film of the play in English. Olivier's Hamlet is the Shakespeare film that has received the most prestigious accolades, winning the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Actor and the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.

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   Is Hamlet based on a true story?

   • Hamlet is a 1948 British film adaptation of William Shakespeare 's play of the same name, adapted and directed by and starring Laurence Olivier. Hamlet was Olivier's second film as director and the second of the three Shakespeare films that he directed (the 1936 As You Like It had starred Olivier, but had been directed by Paul Czinner ).

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   Did Laurence Olivier play Hamlet?

   • Laurence Olivier as Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. Hamlet is the conflicted son of the late King, who is now suspicious of his father's death. Olivier, considered by many to be the greatest actor of the 20th century, had played this role twice on stage in 1937, at the Old Vic Theatre and later at Elsinore Castle, the actual setting of the play.

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   Did hamlet win a golden lion?

   • Hamlet was the only film to have won both the Golden Lion and the Academy Award for Best Picture until The Shape of Water in 2017, which was followed by Nomadland three years later. It is also the first non-American film to win the Best Picture Academy Award. In the past, the 1948 film was considered the definitive cinematic rendition of Hamlet.

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10. www.criterion.com › films › 621Hamlet (1948) | The Criterion Collection

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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 ...

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    Hamlet (1948) -- (Movie Clip) Murder Most Foul With camera flourishes by Desmond Dickinson, director and star Laurence Olivier meets his father's ghost, the voice performed by Olivier with various sound treatments, in the 1948 Best Picture winner, Shakespeare's Hamlet.