Hamlet
“The motion picture of all time ... for all time!”
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.
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Cast
25 people
Laurence Olivier
Hamlet - Prince of Denmark / Voice of Ghost
Known for
Rebecca
Spartacus
Basil Sydney
Claudius - The King
Known for
Treasure Island
The Dam Busters
Eileen Herlie
Gertrude - The Queen
Known for
Freud: The Secret Passion
Norman Wooland
Horatio - His Friend
Known for
Barabbas
Quo Vadis
Felix Aylmer
Polonius - Lord Chamberlain
Known for
The Mummy
Quo Vadis
Jean Simmons
Ophelia
Known for
Spartacus
North and South
Terence Morgan
Laertes
Known for
The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
Peter Cushing
Osric
Known for
Star Wars
Dracula
Stanley Holloway
Gravedigger
Known for
My Fair Lady
Brief Encounter
Russell Thorndike
Priest
Known for
Henry V
John Laurie
Francisco
Known for
The 39 Steps
Dad's Army
Esmond Knight
Bernardo
Known for
The Element of Crime
Black Narcissus
Laurence Olivier Director · William Shakespeare Author William Walton Composer
Worldwide gross $3.2M · Budget $750K · United States release September 29, 1948
Box office
Budget
$750,000
Worldwide gross
$3,250,000
Gross vs. budget
4.3×
Production
Two Cities Films
Production
J. Arthur Rank Organisation
Production
Universal Pictures
Studio
United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · May 6, 1948
Premiere · London
United States · September 29, 1948
Premiere · New York City, New York
United States
March 11, 1956 · TV · NBC
Brazil
January 1, 1949 · Theatrical
Germany
December 10, 1948 · Theatrical
Italy
August 26, 1948 · Premiere · Venice Film Festival
January 28, 1949 · Theatrical
Portugal
January 24, 1949 · Theatrical
Slovakia
August 24, 1949 · Theatrical
South Korea
May 26, 1954 · Theatrical
Spain
December 10, 1948 · Theatrical
XC
October 1, 1954 · Theatrical
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