Hamlet (film, 1948)
Hamlet is an English film of Laurence Olivier, left in 1948.
Synopsis
A very traditional adaptation of the part of William Shakespeare.
Data sheet
- Scenario: Laurence Olivier (not credited) according to the part Hamlet of William Shakespeare
- Lasted: 155 min
- Country of origin: The United Kingdom
Distribution
- Laurence Olivier : Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
- Eileen Herlie : Gertrude, the Queen
- Basil Sydney : Claudius, the King
- Norman Wooland : Horatio,
- Felix Aylmer : Polonius, Lord Chamberlain
- Terence Morgan : Laertes, the son of Polonius
- Jean Simmons : Ophelie, the girl of Polonius
- Peter Cushing : Osric
- Stanley Holloway : Grave-digger
- Russell Thorndike : Priest
- John Laurie : Francisco
Récompences
- Oscar of the cinema 1948
- Better actor: Laurence Olivier
- Better artistic director, black and white: Roger K. Furse and Carmen Dillon
- Better creation of costumes, black and white: Roger K. Furse
- Better film: Laurence Olivier
Anecdotes
- Laurence Olivier was 41 years old when Hamlet left; Eileen Herlie which plays his/her mother was only 28 years old.
- In film, Olivier chose to omit three essential characters of the part of Shakespeare: Fortinbras, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.
- It is same Olivier him which plays the voice of his/her father while being recorded on a tape recorder which was played at slow speed.
- Hamlet was the first film not-American to gain the Oscar of the best film
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