Hamlet

IMDb link: 0064400
IMDb rating: 6.9 (960 votes)
Genres: Drama
Director: Anthony Hopkins, Tony Richardson
Cast: Nicol Williamson, Marianne Faithfull, Judy Parfitt and others

Release date: 9 Apr 1970
Release year: 1970
Runtime: 117 minutes
Country: United Kingdom
Keywords: character name as title, hamlet character, ophelia character, laertes character, gertrude character, polonius character, rosencrantz character, guildenstern character, horatio character, claudius character

Plot:

Nicol Williamson takes the lead role in this star-studded 1969 version of William Shakespeare's tragedy. Prince Hamlet (Williamson) mourns his father's death and his mother's (Judy Parfitt's) marriage to Claudius (Sir Anthony Hopkins). When the ghost of Hamlet's father appears to him and tells him that Claudius has poisoned him, Hamlet swears revenge.

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