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Hamlet

Name: Hamlet
Director: Laurence Olivier
Genre: Drama
Released: 1948-12-10
Cast: Laurence Olivier, Basil Sydney, Eileen Herlie, Norman Wooland, Felix Aylmer

Drama

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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Laurence OlivierBasil SydneyEileen HerlieNorman WoolandFelix AylmerJean SimmonsTerence MorganPeter CushingStanley HollowayRussell ThorndikeJohn LaurieEsmond Knight

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Laurence Olivier

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