Hamlet
495 reviews
Drama
4h 2m
1996
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother now marrying the murderer... his uncle. Meanwhile, war is brewing.
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Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother now marrying the murderer... his uncle. Meanwhile, war is brewing.
- DirectorKenneth Branagh
- Release25 December 1996
- GenreDrama
- Duration4h 2m
- Budget$18,000,000
- Revenue$4,700,000
- Rate495 reviews
- Productions
Castle Rock Entertainment
Cast

Kenneth Branagh
Prince Hamlet

Derek Jacobi
King Claudius

Kate Winslet
Ophelia

Julie Christie
Gertrude

Richard Briers
Polonius

Nicholas Farrell
Horatio

Rufus Sewell
Fortinbras

Reece Dinsdale
Guildenstern

Timothy Spall
Rosencrantz

Michael Maloney
Laertes

Robin Williams
Osric

Gérard Depardieu
Reynaldo

Jack Lemmon
Marcellus

Ian McElhinney
Barnardo

Ray Fearon
Francisco

Brian Blessed
Ghost of Hamlet's Father

Billy Crystal
First Gravedigger

Simon Russell Beale
Second Gravedigger

Don Warrington
Voltimand

Ravil Isyanov
Cornelius

Charlton Heston
Player King

Rosemary Harris
Player Queen

Richard Attenborough
English Ambassador

John Gielgud
Priam

Judi Dench
Hecuba

John Mills
Old King Norway

Ken Dodd
Yorick

Andrew Schofield
Young Lord

Perdita Weeks
Second Player

Angela Douglas
Attendant to Gertrude

Rowena King
Attendant to Gertrude

Jimi Mistry
Sailor Two

David Yip
Sailor One

Sarah Lam
Attendant to Gertrude

Michael Bryant
Priest

Charles Daish
stage manager

Jeffery Kissoon
Fortinbra's Captain

Mark Chapman
Courtier (uncredited)
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