Hamlet at Elsinore (1964)
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.
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Christopher Plummer
as Hamlet
as Hamlet
Robert Shaw
as Claudius
as Claudius
June Tobin
as Gertrude
as Gertrude
Alec Clunes
as Polonius
as Polonius
Jo Maxwell Muller
as Ophelia
as Ophelia
Michael Caine
as Horatio
as Horatio
Dyson Lovell
as Laertes
as Laertes
David Calderisi
as Rosencrantz
as Rosencrantz
Bill Wallis
as Guildenstern
as Guildenstern
Philip Locke
as Osric
as Osric
Peter Prowse
as Marcellus
as Marcellus
Michael Goldie
as Bernardo
as Bernardo
Roy Kinnear
as Gravedigger
as Gravedigger
Donald Sutherland
as Fortinbras
as Fortinbras
Joby Blanshard
as Captain
as Captain
Charles Carson
as Priest
as Priest
Steven Berkoff
as Lucianus
as Lucianus
David Swift
as Player King
as Player King
Lindsay Kemp
as Player Queen
as Player Queen
William Hobbs
as Prologue
as Prologue
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Philip Saville
Director
Director
Richard Rodney Bennett
Music
Music
William Shakespeare
Theatre Play
Theatre Play
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