Hamlet suspects his uncle has murdered his father to claim the throne of Denmark and the hand of Hamlet's mother, but the prince cannot decide whether or not he should take vengeance.
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| Derek Jacobi | ... | Hamlet | |
| Claire Bloom | ... | Gertrude | |
| Patrick Stewart | ... | Claudius | |
| Eric Porter | ... | Polonius | |
| Lalla Ward | ... | Ophelia | |
| David Robb | ... | Laertes | |
| Patrick Allen | ... | Ghost of Hamlet's Father | |
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Robert Swann | ... | Horatio |
| Jonathan Hyde | ... | Rosencrantz | |
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Geoffrey Bateman | ... | Guildenstern |
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Emrys James | ... | First Player (King) |
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Jason Kemp | ... | Second Player (Queen) |
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Geoffrey Beevers | ... | Third Player (Lucianus) |
| Bill Homewood | ... | Player in the mime, King | |
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Peter Richard | ... | Player in the mime, Queen |
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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. Written by Kathy Li
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10 November 1980 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
The Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Hamlet, Prince of Denmark See more »Company Credits
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1.33 : 1
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Lalla Ward was teased by co-star Patrick Stewart because at the time she made this film, she was also co-starring in Doctor Who (1963). Stewart told her he wouldn't be caught dead doing science fiction. Within a few years, however, he would appear in David Lynch's Dune (1984), in Tobe Hooper's Lifeforce (1985), and later as Capt. Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), among others. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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I've seen various Hamlets, and I've taught the play. As I watch Jacobi, I'm tempted to think that he's every bit as intelligent as Hamlet himself, so alive is he to every nuance of this character's wit. He deepens, rather than solves, every puzzle regarding Hamlet's character. He illuminates line after line, word after word, shining light into this sparkling mind. At the same time, however, we cringe at the horror Hamlet feels at his betrayal--far more than with any other actor--because Jacobi feels the pain more profoundly than anyone else. And we shudder at Hamlet's own betrayals, because Jacobi is not afraid of the baseness to which Hamlet can descend. In short, Jacobi gives us Hamlet in full, and Hamlet in full is the greatest character in literature. That's why I'm satisfied that Jacobi's Hamlet is the finest performance I've seen by an actor.