

Hamlet
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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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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $750K
- Box office
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- Language
- English
- father murder
- based on play or musical
- fratricide
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereNRNew York City, New York29 Sept 1948
- TVNBC11 Mar 1956
United KingdomGB
- PremiereLondon6 May 1948
BrazilBR
- Theatricale 121 Jan 1949
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1210 Dec 1948
ItalyIT
- PremiereVenice Film Festival26 Aug 1948
- Theatrical28 Jan 1949
PortugalPT
- Theatricale 1224 Jan 1949
SlovakiaSK
- Theatrical24 Aug 1949
South KoreaKR
- Theatrical1526 May 1954
SpainES
- Theatrical1610 Dec 1948
XCXC
- Theatrical1 Oct 1954
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Hamlet was released on 10 December 1948.
Audience reviews
1- C7/10
CinemaSerf
2/4/2024
Did you ever notice how Laurence Olivier never looks to camera when he speaks in this film? Even during the most potent of his soliloquies, he always manages to avoid any direct eye contact with the audience! His "Hamlet", here, though, is the definitive representation of this troubled Shakespearian character and combined with an excellently selected cast, we are presented with quite a compelling 2½ hours of tautly d…
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