Hamlet

Plot

Tony Richardson's Hamlet is based on his own stage production. Filmed entirely within the Roundhouse in London (a disused train shed), it is shot almost entirely in close up, focusing the attention on faces and... read more

  • Tony Richardson

    Director

  • Tony Richardson

    Writer

  • William Shakespeare

    Original Story

  • Gerry Fisher

    Director of Photography

  • Charles Rees

    Editor

  • Nicol Williamson

    Hamlet / King Hamlet

  • Anthony Hopkins

    Claudius

  • Judy Parfitt

    Gertrude

  • Marianne Faithfull

    Ophelia

  • Mark Dignam

    Polonius

  • Gordon Jackson

    Horatio

  • Ben Aris

    Rosencrantz

  • Clive Graham

    Guildenstern

  • Roger Livesey

    First Player / Gravedigger

  • Michael Elphick

    Captain

  • Roger Lloyd Pack

    Reynaldo

  • Michael Pennington

    Laertes

  • David Griffith

    Messenger

  • Anjelica Huston

    Court Lady

  • Runtime

    117 minutes

    Released

    1969-12-21

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United Kingdom

    Studios

    Filmways Pictures

    Woodfall Film Productions

    Columbia Pictures

    Sound

  • Patrick Gowers

    Original Music Composer

  • Updated

    36 days ago

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