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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.
Oct 20, 2020 · King Hamlet - Laurence Olivier. Director - Laurence Olivier. Producer - Laurence Olivier. Screenplay - Laurence Olivier. Music - William Walton. Cinematography - Desmond Dickinson. Editor - Helga Cranston. Production - Two Cities Films. Distribution - Rank Film Distributors Ltd., Universal-International.
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Recent reviews. 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 ...
Hamlet. 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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1949 Winner Oscar. Best Picture. Laurence Olivier was not present at the awards ceremony. Robert Montgomery accepted the award on his behalf. 1949 Winner Oscar. Best Actor in a Leading Role. Laurence Olivier. Laurence Olivier was not present at the awards ceremony. Douglas Fairbanks Jr. accepted the award on his behalf.
Hamlet (Olivier) is a medieval Danish prince who's still melancholy over the sudden death of his father and the quick, subsequent remarriage of his mother, Queen Gertrude (Eileen Herlie) to his uncle, Claudius (Basil Sydney). Informed by the ghost of his father that Claudius murdered him, Hamlet schemes to take revenge.
