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Hamlet

Name: Hamlet
Genre: Drama
Released: 1996-12-25
Duration: 242 min
Rating: 7.311

★ 7,3 /10 (537 Votes)

1996 EN 242 min

Overview

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother now marrying the murderer... his uncle. Meanwhile, war is brewing.

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Release date

25/12/1996

Votes

537

Popularity

3.2

Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.

Genres

Drama

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

242 min

Budget

$18,000,000

Revenue

$4,700,000

Kenneth Branagh

Prince Hamlet

Derek Jacobi

King Claudius

Kate Winslet

Ophelia

Julie Christie

Gertrude

Richard Briers

Polonius

Nicholas Farrell

Horatio

Rufus Sewell

Fortinbras

Reece Dinsdale

Guildenstern

Timothy Spall

Rosencrantz

Michael Maloney

Laertes

Robin Williams

Osric

Gérard Depardieu

Reynaldo

Jack Lemmon

Marcellus

Ian McElhinney

Barnardo

Ray Fearon

Francisco

Brian Blessed

Ghost of Hamlet's Father

Billy Crystal

First Gravedigger

Simon Russell Beale

Second Gravedigger

Don Warrington

Voltimand

Ravil Isyanov

Cornelius

Charlton Heston

Player King

Rosemary Harris

Player Queen

Richard Attenborough

English Ambassador

John Gielgud

Priam

Judi Dench

Hecuba

John Mills

Old King Norway

Ken Dodd

Yorick

Andrew Schofield

Young Lord

Perdita Weeks

Second Player

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Tom Szekeres

Young Hamlet

Angela Douglas

Attendant to Gertrude

Rowena King

Attendant to Gertrude

Jimi Mistry

Sailor Two

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Ben Thom

First Player

David Yip

Sailor One

Sarah Lam

Attendant to Gertrude

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Rizz Abbasi

attendant

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David Blair

attendant

Michael Bryant

Priest

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Peter Bygott

Attendant

Charles Daish

stage manager

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Rob Edwards

Lucianus

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Yvonne Gidden

Doctor

Jeffery Kissoon

Fortinbra's Captain

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john Spencer-churchill

Fortinbra's Captain

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Sian Radinger

Prologue

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Melanie Ramsay

Prostitute

Mark Chapman

Courtier (uncredited)

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Without a doubt, Branagh's film of **HAMLET** is the most ambitious Shakespeare film to date. He goes all in on.. well, everything. He brings aboard a stellar all-star cast, too many to highlight all, but includes Billy Crystal, Robin Williams and Jack Lemmon - none of which are known for their Shakespearian pedigree. Branagh takes on Hamlet, the largest role in all of Shakespeare - and most English language literature. His interpretation is - not surprisingly - brilliant and worthy of study. Kate Winslet plays his challenged love Ophelia, and Derek Jacobi is the fraudulent King. Roun…

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**Summary: 10/10: an uncut, impeccably spoken "Hamlet" with a cast so improbable it borders on the miraculous, proof that Shakespeare fails only when the people performing him don't understand what they're saying, and triumphs completely when they do.** Some people have a gift that pulls brilliant people into orbit around their project, and Kenneth Branagh's "Hamlet" is proof of how strong that gravity can be. Charlton Heston as the Player King. Robin Williams as Osric. Billy Crystal, of all people, as the gravedigger, cracking wise over Yorick's skull as though he'd been doing Shakespeare …

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