"Something is rotten in the state of Denmark."

1996

4h 2m

7.3(495 votes)

Drama

Overview

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother now marrying the murderer... his uncle. Meanwhile, war is brewing.

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Cast & Crew

48 members

Acting

Kenneth Branagh

Prince Hamlet

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Derek Jacobi

King Claudius

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Kate Winslet

Ophelia

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Julie Christie

Gertrude

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Richard Briers

Polonius

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Nicholas Farrell

Horatio

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Rufus Sewell

Fortinbras

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Reece Dinsdale

Guildenstern

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Timothy Spall

Rosencrantz

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Michael Maloney

Laertes

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Robin Williams

Osric

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Gérard Depardieu

Reynaldo

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Jack Lemmon

Marcellus

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Ian McElhinney

Barnardo

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Ray Fearon

Francisco

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Brian Blessed

Ghost of Hamlet's Father

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Billy Crystal

First Gravedigger

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Simon Russell Beale

Second Gravedigger

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Don Warrington

Voltimand

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Равиль Исьянов

Cornelius

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Charlton Heston

Player King

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Rosemary Harris

Player Queen

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Richard Attenborough

English Ambassador

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John Gielgud

Priam

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Judi Dench

Hecuba

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John Mills

Old King Norway

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Ken Dodd

Yorick

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Andrew Schofield

Young Lord

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Perdita Weeks

Second Player

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Tom Szekeres

Young Hamlet

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Angela Douglas

Attendant to Gertrude

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Rowena King

Attendant to Gertrude

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Jimi Mistry

Sailor Two

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Ben Thom

First Player

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David Yip

Sailor One

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Sarah Lam

Attendant to Gertrude

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Rizz Abbasi

attendant

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David Blair

attendant

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Michael Bryant

Priest

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Peter Bygott

Attendant

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Charles Daish

stage manager

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Rob Edwards

Lucianus

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Yvonne Gidden

Doctor

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Jeffery Kissoon

Fortinbra's Captain

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john Spencer-churchill

Fortinbra's Captain

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Sian Radinger

Prologue

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Melanie Ramsay

Prostitute

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Mark Chapman

Courtier (uncredited)

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