Movie: Hamlet at Elsinore

Top 10 Billed Cast

Christopher Plummer
Christopher Plummer

Hamlet

Robert Shaw
Robert Shaw

Claudius

Alec Clunes
Alec Clunes

Polonius

Michael Caine
Michael Caine

Horatio

June Tobin
June Tobin

Gertrude

Jo Maxwell Muller
Jo Maxwell Muller

Ophelia

Roy Kinnear
Roy Kinnear

Gravedigger

Philip Locke
Philip Locke

Osric

Dyson Lovell
Dyson Lovell

Laertes

Peter Prowse
Peter Prowse

Marcellus

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    Hamlet at Elsinore

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    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.

  • Release Date

    1964-04-15

  • Average

    7.8

  • Rating:

    3.9 starts
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    English
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