Film

Hamlet

5.819691h 57mDrama

Director: Tony Richardson
Year: 1969

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.

Top cast

Nicol Williamson

Hamlet / King Hamlet

Anthony Hopkins

Claudius

Judy Parfitt

Gertrude

Marianne Faithfull

Ophelia

Mark Dignam

Polonius

Gordon Jackson

Horatio

Ben Aris

Rosencrantz

Clive Graham

Guildenstern

Roger Livesey

First Player / Gravedigger

Michael Elphick

Captain

Roger Lloyd Pack

Reynaldo

Michael Pennington

Laertes

David Griffith

Messenger

Anjelica Huston

Court Lady

Directed by

Tony Richardson

Written by

Tony Richardson

Produced by

Neil Hartley, Leslie Linder, Hans Gottschalk, Martin Ransohoff