Hamlet at Elsinore
1964
170 minutes
Overview
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.
Top Cast
Christopher Plummer
Hamlet
Robert Shaw
Claudius
Alec Clunes
Polonius
Michael Caine
Horatio
June Tobin
Gertrude
Jo Maxwell Muller
Ophelia
Roy Kinnear
Gravedigger
Philip Locke
Osric
Dyson Lovell
Laertes
Peter Prowse
Marcellus
David Calderisi
Rosencrantz
Bill Wallis
Guildenstern
Charles Carson
Priest
David Swift
Player King
Lindsay Kemp
Player Queen
Steven Berkoff
Lucianus
Donald Sutherland
Fortinbras
Joby Blanshard
Captain
Michael Goldie
Bernardo
William Hobbs
Prologue