Hamlet
6.9
Tony Richardson's Hamlet is based on his own stage production. Filmed entirely within the Roundhouse in London (a disused train shed), it is shot almost entirely in close up, focusing the attention on faces and language rather than action.
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Nicol Williamson
Hamlet / King Hamlet
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Mark Dignam
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Gordon Jackson
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Tony Richardson Director · William Shakespeare Story Patrick Gowers Composer
Budget $350K · United States release December 21, 1969 · Produced in United Kingdom
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Budget
$350,000
Production
Filmways Pictures
Production
Woodfall Film Productions
Production
Columbia Pictures
Production · Studio
United Kingdom
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · December 21, 1969
Theatrical
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