Hamlet
Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother now marrying the murderer... his uncle. Meanwhile, war is brewing.
- 7.3
- 1996
- Released
- 4h 2m
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
Tom Szekeres
Young Hamlet
Angela Douglas
Attendant to Gertrude
Rowena King
Attendant to Gertrude
Jimi Mistry
Sailor TwoBen Thom
First Player
David Yip
Sailor One
Sarah Lam
Attendant to GertrudeRizz Abbasi
attendantDavid Blair
attendant
Michael Bryant
PriestPeter Bygott
Attendant
Charles Daish
stage managerRob Edwards
LucianusYvonne Gidden
Doctor
Jeffery Kissoon
Fortinbra's Captainjohn Spencer-churchill
Fortinbra's CaptainSian Radinger
PrologueMelanie Ramsay
Prostitute
Mark Chapman
Courtier (uncredited)
Released
en
$18,000,000.00
$4,700,000.00
- #mother
- #denmark
- #loss of loved one
- #prince
- #based on play or musical
- #madness
- #aggressive
- #complex
- #antagonistic
Reviews
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