Hamlet [1948 film]
by Laurence Olivier (Director / Screenwriter / Actor)
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The classic version of Shakespeare's Hamlet, the towering tragedy of the Danish prince who feigns madness to trap his father's murderer.Tags
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C+ (Okay).
A prince's dead father asks for revenge. Inconsistent, but sometimes very effective.
(Feb. 2024)
A prince's dead father asks for revenge. Inconsistent, but sometimes very effective.
(Feb. 2024)
Skillful production and wisely done in black and white, but cutting Shakespeare by half leaves too many casualties.
2024 movie #227. 1948. It won an Oscar for Best Picture (the first foreign film to do so) and Laurence Olivier directed himself to the Best Actor Oscar. Call me a philistine but I found it hard to watch.
Prince Hamlet struggles over whether or not he should kill his uncle, whom he suspects has murdered his father, the former king. (IMDb)
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