Hamlet (1948) Laurence Olivier

Plot Synopsis by Karl Williams Although criticized by Shakespeare devotees upon its release because of director, producer, and star Laurence Olivier's decision to excise large portions of the text, his cinematic version of Hamlet is widely considered the best out of several dozens (and counting). Hamlet (Olivier) is a medieval Danish prince who's still melancholy over the sudden death of his father and the quick, subsequent remarriage of his mother, Queen Gertrude (Eileen Herlie) to his uncle, Claudius (Basil Sydney). Informed by the ghost of his father that Claudius murdered him, Hamlet schemes to take revenge. Unsure how best to proceed, his delays and the horrible secret burdening him eventually lead to the violent snuffing out of several lives in both his family and that of courtier Polonius (Felix Aylmer), whose daughter Ophelia (Jean Simmons) is in love with Hamlet. Greatly influenced by the inventive camera work in Citizen Kane (1941) and by modern, psychological reinterpretations of Shakespeare's play, Olivier's masterpiece was the winner of four Academy Awards, for Best Picture, Best Actor (Olivier), Best Black and White Art Direction/Set Direction and Best Black and White Costume Design. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040416/ More subs http://www.opensubtitles.org/en/search/sublanguageid-all/idmovie-24671 Director: Laurence Olivier John Laurie ... Francisco Esmond Knight ... Bernardo Anthony Quayle ... Marcellus Niall MacGinnis ... Sea Captain Harcourt Williams ... First Player [Movie] Valid : Yes [AVI] Duration : 02:33:47 Movie complete : Yes [Video] Resolution : 528x400 Codec : XviD MPEG-4 codec FPS : 23,98 BitRate : 1146 Kbps Quality Factor : 0,23 b/px [Audio] Codec : ATSC/A-52 Dolby AC3 Number of channels : 1 Sample Rate : 48000 Hz BitRate : 128 Kbps

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Delixu (2011-08-12)

Thanks a lot! been trying to find this for a while :)

mhiklh (2013-10-14)

I remember this from high school years ago. I was young- remember it being pretty dry. Time to renew and compare with the great Branagh take.
Namaste, johnefp