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September 1969 (UK) moreTagline:
From the author of "Romeo and Juliet"... the love story of Hamlet and Ophelia. moreNewsDesk:
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Breath-taking shifts and lighting reminiscent of Rembrandt moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Nicol Williamson | ... | Hamlet |
 | Judy Parfitt | ... | Gertrude |
 | Anthony Hopkins | ... | Claudius |
| Marianne Faithfull | ... | Ophelia |
| Mark Dignam | ... | Polonius |
| Michael Pennington | ... | Laertes |
| Gordon Jackson | ... | Horatio |
| Ben Aris | ... | Rosencrantz |
| Clive Graham | ... | Guildenstern |
| Peter Gale | ... | Osric |
| Roger Livesey | ... | Lucianus / Gravedigger |
| John J. Carney | ... | Player King (as John Carney) |
| Richard Everett | ... | Player Queen |
| Robin Chadwick | ... | Francisco |
| Ian Collier | ... | Priest |
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Yes, I'll concede that Kenneth Branaugh's uncut version of Shakespeare's text (never played on the Elizabethan stage, in all likelihood) is a benchmark for cinematic *Hamlet*s, but Williamson's performance (particularly his voice-over soliloquies) is still highly thought-provoking thirty years later. The film is like a moving Rembrandt painting (*The Night Watch* comes to mind) with its restless, shifting light and dissolves. It took great courage, for example, for Richardson not to show the Ghost, but rather to reveal him as a burning white light whose impact we feel by the responses of Horatio and the guards. Big budget and big screen it's not, but Richardson's direction has meticulously thought out many significant production details. This is definitely a cerebral *Hamlet* that gives the view