Drama ·TV Movie · United Kingdom · 1980 · 3h 30m

Hamlet

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Director
Rodney Bennett
Cast
Derek Jacobi as Hamlet Claire Bloom as Gertrude Patrick Stewart as Claudius Eric Porter as Polonius Lalla Ward as Ophelia David Robb as Laertes
Crew
Dave Hillier — Editor Dudley Simpson — Original Music Composer Cedric Messina — Producer Don Homfray — Production Design Barbara Kronig — Costume Design
Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes
denmarkinsanityrevengeghosthamletindecisionfaked insanity
Key Collaborators
Rodney Bennett Director Dave Hillier Editor Dudley Simpson Original Music Composer Cedric Messina Producer Don Homfray Production Design Barbara Kronig Costume Design
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