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Hamlet at Elsinore

DramaTV Movie
7.8·1964·2h 50m

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, contemplate...

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Cast

Christopher Plummer

Christopher Plummer

Hamlet

Robert Shaw

Robert Shaw

Claudius

Alec Clunes

Alec Clunes

Polonius

Michael Caine

Michael Caine

Horatio

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June Tobin

Gertrude

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Jo Maxwell Muller

Ophelia

Roy Kinnear

Roy Kinnear

Gravedigger

Philip Locke

Philip Locke

Osric

DIRECTOR

Philip Saville

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.