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Hamlet

Hamlet

★ 6.2/10•1980•3h 30m•Drama•TV Movie

Hamlet comes home from university to find his uncle married to his mother, and his father's ghost haunting the battlements and scaring the watch. Then his father's ghost directs him to seek revenge.

Rodney Bennett · Director

StatusReleased
Runtime3h 30m
LanguageEN
Release DateMay 25, 1980

Actors

Derek Jacobi

Derek Jacobi

Hamlet

Claire Bloom

Claire Bloom

Gertrude

Patrick Stewart

Patrick Stewart

Claudius

Eric Porter

Eric Porter

Polonius

Lalla Ward

Lalla Ward

Ophelia

David Robb

David Robb

Laertes

Robert Swann

Robert Swann

Horatio

Patrick Allen

Ghost of Hamlet's Father

Emrys James

Emrys James

Player King

Jason Kemp

Player Queen

Geoffrey Beevers

Geoffrey Beevers

Third Player / Lucianus

Bill Homewood

Player King in the mime

Peter Richard

Player Queen in the mime

Terence McGinity

Player Lucianus in the mime

Peter Burroughs

Peter Burroughs

Player

Stuart Fell

Player

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