Hamlet

5.7 / 10

(13 votes)

Tony Richardson's Hamlet is based on his own stage production. Filmed entirely within the Roundhouse in London (a disused train shed), it is shot almost entirely in close up, focusing the attention on faces and language rather than action.

Country:

United Kingdom

Genre:

Drama

Duration:

117 minutes

Year:

1969

Director:

Tony Richardson

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Company:

Filmways Pictures,

Woodfall Film Productions,

Columbia Pictures

Cast:
Nicol Williamson

Hamlet / King Hamlet

Anthony Hopkins

Claudius

Judy Parfitt

Gertrude

Marianne Faithfull

Ophelia

Mark Dignam

Polonius

Crew:
Tony Richardson

Director

William Shakespeare

Original Story

Tony Richardson

Writer

Charles Rees

Editor

Gerry Fisher

Director of Photography