Release Date

15 Apr, 1964

Runtime

02:50: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

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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Actors

Christopher Plummer

Robert Shaw

June Tobin

Alec Clunes

Jo Maxwell Muller

Michael Caine

Dyson Lovell

David Calderisi

Bill Wallis

Philip Locke

Peter Prowse

Michael Goldie

Roy Kinnear

Donald Sutherland

Joby Blanshard

Charles Carson

Steven Berkoff

David Swift

Lindsay Kemp

William Hobbs

Crew

Philip Saville

Richard Rodney Bennett

William Shakespeare