Hamlet(1996)
Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother now marrying the murderer... his uncle. Meanwhile, war is brewing.
Movie: Hamlet
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Prince Hamlet
King Claudius
Ophelia
Gertrude
Polonius
Horatio
Fortinbras
Guildenstern
Rosencrantz
Laertes
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Kenneth Branagh interview on "Hamlet" (1996)
making of Branaghs' HAMLET
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