Hamlet at Elsinore
Hamlet at Elsinore
Release: 1964-04-15
·Runtime: 170m
·★ 7.8
Drama
TV Movie
The ghost of the King of Denmark tells his son Hamlet to avenge his murder by killing the new king, Hamlet's uncle. Hamlet feigns madness, contemplates life and death, and seeks revenge. His uncle, fearing for his life, also devises plots to kill Hamlet. An historic BBC production taped on location in and around Kronborg castle in Elsinore (Denmark), in which the play is set.
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Denmark
Production Companies
DR
BBC
Cast
Robert Shaw
as Claudius
Dyson Lovell
as Laertes
Steven Berkoff
as Lucianus
Michael Caine
as Horatio
Roy Kinnear
as Gravedigger
Bill Wallis
as Guildenstern
Donald Sutherland
as Fortinbras
Christopher Plummer
as Hamlet
Alec Clunes
as Polonius
Philip Locke
as Osric
Charles Carson
as Priest
Lindsay Kemp
as Player Queen
William Hobbs
as Prologue
David Swift
as Player King
