Cast and credits


     
Directed by Laurence Olivier
     
Based on a play by William Shakespeare
     
Cast:
BernardoEsmond Knight
Claudius - The KingBasil Sydney
MarcellusAnthony Quayle
Gertrude - The QueenEileen Herlie
Sea CaptainNiall MacGinnis
First PlayerHarcourt Williams
The Royal Court Of Denmark - Polonius,Lord ChamberlainFelix Aylmer
Player KingPatrick Troughton
Player QueenTony Tarver
OsricPeter Cushing
GravediggerStanley Holloway
The Royal Court of Denmark - Hamlet, Prince of DenmarkLaurence Olivier
The Royal Court Of Denmark - Horatio, his FriendNorman Wooland
The Royal Court Of Denmark - Laertes,his SonTerence Morgan
Ophelia - and DaughterJean Simmons
Undetermined Secondary RoleAnthony Bushell
King Hamlet's GhostJohn Gielgud
Palace GuardChristopher Lee
ExtraDesmond Llewelyn
ExtraPatrick Macnee
     
Director of photography Desmond Dickinson
Music composed by William Walton


Year:1948
Running time: 155 minutes
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English