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Over fifty films of William Shakespeare's Hamlet have been made since 1900. [1] Seven post-war Hamlet films have had a theatrical release: Laurence Olivier's Hamlet of 1948; Grigori Kozintsev's 1964 Russian adaptation; a film of the John Gielgud-directed 1964 Broadway production, Richard Burton's Hamlet, which played limited engagements that same year; Tony Richardson's 1969 version (the first ...
Hamlet is a 1990 drama film based on the Shakespearean tragedy of the same name, directed by Franco Zeffirelli and starring Mel Gibson as the eponymous character. The film also features Glenn Close , Alan Bates , Paul Scofield , Ian Holm , Helena Bonham Carter , Stephen Dillane , and Nathaniel Parker .
Hamlet was the last major dramatic motion picture to be filmed entirely on 70 mm film until 2011, with the release of the documentary Samsara. Branagh's Hamlet has been regarded as one of the best Shakespeare film adaptations ever made.
Hamlet was the first British film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. [53] It is also the first sound film of the play in English. Olivier's Hamlet is the Shakespeare film that has received the most prestigious accolades, winning the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Actor and the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. I, Hamlet
[10] The first actor known to have played Hamlet in North America was Lewis Hallam Jr. in the American Company's production in Philadelphia in 1759. [11] David Garrick as Hamlet in 1769. The iconographic hand gesture expresses his shock at the first sight of the ghost. John Philip Kemble made his Drury Lane debut as Hamlet, in 1783. [12]
Hamlet was the first British film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. [6] It is the first sound film of the play in English. Olivier's Hamlet is the Shakespeare film that has received the most prestigious accolades, winning the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Actor and the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. However, it ...
Hamlet is a 1969 British tragedy period drama film. It is a film adaptation of Shakespeare 's play Hamlet , starring Nicol Williamson as Prince Hamlet . [ 2 ] It was directed by Tony Richardson and based on his own stage production at the Roundhouse theatre in London . [ 3 ]
Hamlet (Russian: Гамлет, romanized: Gamlet) is a 1964 film adaptation in Russian of William Shakespeare's play of the same title, based on a translation by Boris Pasternak. It was directed by Grigori Kozintsev and Iosif Shapiro [ ru ] , and stars Innokenty Smoktunovsky as Prince Hamlet .