Hamlet

IMDb link: 0058175
IMDb rating: 7.6 (563 votes)
Genres: Drama
Director: John Gielgud, Richard Burton, Bill Colleran
Cast: Hume Cronyn, Eileen Herlie, Alfred Drake and others

Release date: 23 Sep 1964
Release year: 1964
Runtime: 191 minutes
Country: United States
Keywords: character name as title, hamlet character, ophelia character, rosencrantz character, guildenstern character, claudius character, polonius character, laertes character, horatio character, bernardo character

Plot:

Sir John Gielgud directed this "Electronovision" taping of the play "Hamlet" performed at the Lunt-Fontanne Theater on Broadway in 1964 ("Electronovision" was a short-lived gimmick which was basically closed-circuit TV). The most unusual thing about this film is that the actors are in street clothes instead of period costumes, and the sets are minimal, to say the least.

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