
Hamlet (1980)
Released:
1980-05-25
Duration:
3hr 30min
Rating 6.1
Overview
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.
Production Companies

BBC
Time-Life Television Productions
Additional Info
Budget | $0.00 |
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Revenue | $0.00 |
Original Language | en |
Popularity | 2.969 |
Directed By
Rodney Bennett
Crew
Director
Rodney Bennett
Rodney Bennett
Author
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
Producer
Cedric Messina
Cedric Messina
Editor
Dave Hillier
Dave Hillier
Production Design
Don Homfray
Don Homfray
Costume Design
Barbara Kronig
Barbara Kronig
Makeup Artist
Pam Meager
Pam Meager
Unit Production Manager
Fraser Lowden
Fraser Lowden
Sound
Chick Anthony
Chick Anthony
Fight Choreographer
B. H. Barry
B. H. Barry
Music
David Lloyd-Jones
David Lloyd-Jones
Original Music Composer
Dudley Simpson
Dudley Simpson
TOP CAST

Derek Jacobi
Hamlet

Claire Bloom
Gertrude

Patrick Stewart
Claudius

Eric Porter
Polonius

Lalla Ward
Ophelia

David Robb
Laertes

Robert Swann
Horatio
Patrick Allen
Ghost of Hamlet's Father

Emrys James
Player King
Jason Kemp
Player Queen

Geoffrey Beevers
Third Player / Lucianus
Bill Homewood
Player King in the mime
Peter Richard
Player Queen in the mime
Terence McGinity
Player Lucianus in the mime
Peter Burroughs
Player
Stuart Fell
Player

Ian Charleson
Fortinbras

Tim Wylton
First Gravedigger

Peter Benson
Second Gravedigger

Paul Humpoletz
Marcellus
Niall Padden
Bernardo
Christopher Baines
Francisco
John Humphry
Voltimand
John Sterland
Cornelius

Peter Gale
Osric

Raymond Mason
Reynaldo
Dan Meaden
Norwegian Captain
Iain Blair
Sailor
Reginald Jessup
Messenger

Michael Poole
Priest

Geoffrey Bateman
Guildenstern
David Henry
English Ambassador

Jonathan Hyde
Rosencrantz