Hamlet at Elsinore Poster

Hamlet at Elsinore

1964 2h 50m star 7.8 / 10

The ghost of the King of Denmark tells his son Hamlet to avenge his murder by killing the new king, Hamlet's uncle. Hamlet feigns madness, contemplates life and death, and seeks revenge. His uncle, fearing for his life, also devises plots to kill Hamlet. An historic BBC production taped on location in and around Kronborg castle in Elsinore (Denmark), in which the play is set.

Top Billed Cast

Christopher Plummer

Christopher Plummer

Hamlet

Robert Shaw

Robert Shaw

Claudius

Alec Clunes

Alec Clunes

Polonius

Michael Caine

Michael Caine

Horatio

June Tobin

June Tobin

Gertrude

Jo Maxwell Muller

Jo Maxwell Muller

Ophelia

Roy Kinnear

Roy Kinnear

Gravedigger

Philip Locke

Philip Locke

Osric

Dyson Lovell

Dyson Lovell

Laertes

Peter Prowse

Peter Prowse

Marcellus