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Hamlet at Elsinore

7.7 / 10

170 minutes

1964-04-15

English

GB

Actors :

Christopher Plummer, Robert Shaw, June Tobin, Alec Clunes, Jo Maxwell Muller, Michael Caine, Dyson Lovell, David Calderisi, Bill Wallis, Philip Locke, Peter Prowse, Michael Goldie, Roy Kinnear, Donald Sutherland, Joby Blanshard

Description

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.

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Reviews

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

6/2/2024, 7:28:48 PM

It's tempting to just think of Christopher Plummer as Capt. von Trapp and little else, but a casual glance at his stage credentials illustrate that he was well chosen for his title role in this Shakespearian tragedy. This adaptation also benefits from being a British/Danish co-production so was even filmed in Elsinore, too. You'' probably know the stroy of the eponymous Prince who has lost his fat...