Hamlet

Glenn Close as Gertrude Stephen Dillane as Horatio John McEnery as Osric Dave Duffy as Francisco Christopher Fairbank as Player Queen Mel Gibson as Hamlet Ian Holm as Polonius Paul Scofield as The Ghost Helena Bonham Carter as Ophelia Trevor Peacock as The Gravedigger Richard Warwick as Bernardo Pete Postlethwaite as Player King Alan Bates as Claudius Nathaniel Parker as Laertes Michael Maloney as Rosencrantz Christien Anholt as Marcellus Vernon Dobtcheff as Reynaldo

Cliff Lanning Third Assistant Director Franco Zeffirelli Director, Screenplay Dyson Lovell Producer David Watkin Director of Photography Maurice Binder Title Designer Lois Burwell Makeup Artist Ennio Morricone Original Music Composer William Shakespeare Author Alberta Giuliani Hairstylist Dante Ferretti Production Design Francesca Lo Schiavo Set Decoration