Hamlet

1948

Directed by

Laurence Olivier, Laurence Olivier

Starring

Basil Sydney, Eileen Herlie, Norman Wooland

Runtime

2h 33m

Country

USA

Winner of four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor, Sir Laurence Olivier’s Hamlet continues to be the most compelling version of Shakespeare’s beloved tragedy. Olivier is at his most inspired—both as director and as the melancholy Dane himself—as he breathes new life into the words of one of the world’s greatest dramatists.