Film · 1980
Hamlet
Directed by Rodney BennettDerek JacobiClaire BloomPatrick Stewart
25 May 1980UK release
3h 30mRunning time
The story
Hamlet comes home from university to find his uncle married to his mother, and his father's ghost haunting the battlements and scaring the watch. Then his father's ghost directs him to seek revenge.
Cast
Derek Jacobi
Hamlet
Claire Bloom
Gertrude
Patrick Stewart
Claudius
Eric Porter
Polonius
Lalla Ward
Ophelia
David Robb
Laertes
Robert Swann
HoratioPatrick Allen
Ghost of Hamlet's Father
Emrys James
Player KingJason Kemp
Player Queen
Geoffrey Beevers
Third Player / LucianusBill Homewood
Player King in the mime
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