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The life of Prince Hamlet of Denmark (Nicol Williamson) is thrown into disarray when he learns that his father was murdered by his uncle Claudius (Anthony Hopkins), the current king, who is now married to Hamlet's mother, Gertrude (Judy Parfitt). Hamlet's unstable behavior troubles his love, Ophelia (Marianne Faithfull), who is further shaken by the death of her father, Polonius (Mark Dignam). Hamlet methodically plots vengeance while other forces conspire to attack him.
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James W @jwatrous Aug 3 A good but not great film version of Shakespeare's classic play. Nicol Williamson who electrified audiences with his stage performance as Hamlet reprises his role he. He does a good job. Anthony Hopkins (who was almost the same age as Williamson) is quite good as Claudius. It was singer Marianne Faithful's film acing debut as Ophelia. She does seem a little flat in the role but she does sing in one scene and has a wonderful singing voice. Overall, the acting is good by everyone else. Tony Richardson, who directed the stage version with Nicholson directs this film with a lot of close-ups, which was an interesting choice. It's definitely worth seeing once. See more Stephen Jules R @RT63355509 06/06/2023 One of the best Shakespeare adaptions ever esp of Hamlet and overall Good timing fittingly to stumble into it one red rose See more Shioka O @RT54204327 12/14/2022 Mostly faces and upper torsos, so kinda difficult to tell given situation... yes it has great dialogs from original Shakespeare though, feel static as a film. Watch Marianne Faithful as Ophelia, and Young Anthony Hopkins as Claudius. Nicol Williamson looks old for Hamlet, but excellent. See more 08/04/2013 60's mod Hamlet, but quite good. Marianne Faithfull was a wonderful Ophelia. See more 07/17/2013 Nicol Williamson is easily the most brilliant and satisfying Hamlet yet. Under Tony Richardson's brisk pacing, Williamson's flashing intelligence reveals the first really convincing Hamlet on film. Olivier is too cerebral not to mention effeminate and Branagh too hyper, he overdoes it in exactly the way Hamlet urges the actors to avoid. Kevin Kline turns in the best American version but we colonials can never reproduce the true English accents the Bard requires and the Royal Shakespeare Company had bred in its bones. See more 07/05/2013 Stilted and ponderous. This is a very poor production of Hamlet. There are much better filmed versions of the play available See more Read all reviews
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Tony Richardson

Director

Nicol Williamson

Hamlet

Marianne Faithfull

Ophelia

Gordon Jackson

Horatio

Anthony Hopkins

Claudius

Judy Parfitt

Gertrude
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Synopsis The life of Prince Hamlet of Denmark (Nicol Williamson) is thrown into disarray when he learns that his father was murdered by his uncle Claudius (Anthony Hopkins), the current king, who is now married to Hamlet's mother, Gertrude (Judy Parfitt). Hamlet's unstable behavior troubles his love, Ophelia (Marianne Faithfull), who is further shaken by the death of her father, Polonius (Mark Dignam). Hamlet methodically plots vengeance while other forces conspire to attack him.
Director
Tony Richardson
Producer
Neil Hartley
Production Co
Filmways Pictures, Woodfall Film Productions
Rating
G
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Dec 21, 1969, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 1, 2016
Runtime
1h 54m
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