Hamlet 1948

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 150 min

genre: drama

theme: ghost

director: Laurence Olivier

Score: 6 / 10

Hamlet is a 1948 British film adaptation of William Shakespeare's play of the same name, adapted and directed by and starring Laurence Olivier. Hamlet was Olivier's second film as director and the second of the three Shakespeare films that he directed (the 1936 As You Like It had starred Olivier, but had been directed by Paul Czinner). Hamlet was the first British film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. It is the first sound film of the play in English.

Plot

The film follows the overall story of the play, but cuts nearly half the dialogue and leaves out two major characters.

Awards

Cast

More details

author	Laurence Olivier
award	Academy Award for Best Actor Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Black and White Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White Academy Award for Best Picture National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
contentLocation	Denmark
director	Laurence Olivier
editor	Helga Cranston
genre	drama
keywords	arras attack claim discover eavesdrop elsinore gertrude hasty marriage horrify id jump kill king claudius king hamlet laertes married meet murder ophelia poison poisoned drink polonius pray prince hamlet set up tapestry the king wander warn without a word
musicBy	William Walton
nomination	Academy Award for Best Actor Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Black and White Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
producer	Laurence Olivier
productionCompany	Two Cities Films
publisher	Rank Organisation
theme	ghost