Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (1980) UK
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Director:Bennett, Roney
Studio:British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Producer:Cedric Messina
Writer:William Shakespeare
Rating:8.1 (338 votes)
Date Added:2012-06-05
Genre:English films
IMDb:0080835
Duration:3:30:00
Languages:English
Subtitles:English
LAC code:300001110
DVD or VHS:DVD
Original:original
Bennett, Roney  ...  (Director)
William Shakespeare  ...  (Writer)
 
Derek Jacobi  ...  Hamlet
Claire Bloom  ...  Gertrude
Patrick Stewart  ...  Claudius
Eric Porter  ...  Polonius
Lalla Ward  ...  Ophelia
David Robb  ...  Laertes
Patrick Allen  ...  Ghost of Hamlet's Father
Robert Swann  ...  Horatio
Jonathan Hyde  ...  Rosencrantz
Geoffrey Bateman  ...  Guildenstern
Emrys James  ...  First Player (King)
Jason Kemp  ...  Second Player (Queen)
Geoffrey Beevers  ...  Third Player (Lucianus)
Bill Homewood  ...  Player in the mime, King
Peter Richard  ...  Player in the mime, Queen
Terence McGinity  ...  Player in the mime, Lucianus
Peter Burroughs  ...  Player
Stuart Fell  ...  Player
Ian Charleson  ...  Fortinbras
Tim Wylton  ...  First Gravedigger
Peter Benson  ...  Second Gravedigger
Paul Humpoletz  ...  Marcellus
Niall Padden  ...  Bernardo
Christopher Baines  ...  Francisco
John Humphry  ...  Voltimand
John Sterland  ...  Cornelius
Peter Gale  ...  Osric
Raymond Mason  ...  Reynaldo
Dan Meaden  ...  Norwegian captain
Iain Blair  ...  Sailor
Reginald Jessup  ...  Messenger
Michael Poole  ...  Priest
David Henry  ...  English Ambassador
Comments: DEN 120

Summary: Hamlet comes home from university to find his uncle married to his mother, and his father's ghost haunting the battlements and scaring the watch. Then his father's ghost directs him to seek revenge.