"Hamlet" ( eng. Hamlet ) - a feature film directed by Lawrence Olivier , a screen version of the tragedy of the same name by William Shakespeare .
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| Genre | tragedy |
| Producer | Laurence Olivier |
| Producer | Laurence Olivier |
| Author script | Laurence Olivier William Shakespeare (play) |
| In the main cast | Laurence Olivier Basil sydney Gene Simmons |
| Operator | Desmond dickinson |
| Composer | William Walton |
| Film company | Two Cities Films |
| Duration | 155 min. |
| Budget | 500 thousand £ |
| A country |  Great Britain |
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| Year | 1948 |
| IMDb | ID 0040416 |
Content
Story
Suddenly the king of Denmark dies. His widow, Gertrude, hastily marries the brother of her late husband Claudius, who is proclaimed the new king. Prince Hamlet is a ghost and reports that he is treacherously poisoned by his own brother. At first, a shy and dreamy young man is ripening for revenge and hatred for his father’s murderer, and pity for his deceived mother, who is driven by his own feelings. In turn, Claudius also wants the death of his stepson.
Cast
- Lawrence Olivier - Hamlet
- Gene Simmons - Ophelia
- Basil Sidney - Claudius
- Eileen Hurley - Gertrude
- Norman Wooland - Horatio
- Felix Aylmer - Polonius
- Terence Morgan - Laert
- Stanley Holloway - Gravedigger
- Peter Cushing - Osric
- Anthony Quayle - Marcellus
- Esmond Knight - Bernardo
- Christopher Lee - Spearman
- Patrick McNee - The Court (extra)
- John Laurie - Francisco Soldier
Awards and nominations
Awards
- 1948 - two awards of the Venice Film Festival : the Golden Lion Prize (Laurence Olivier), the Volpi Cup for Best Actress (Gene Simmons)
- 1949 - 4 Oscar awards : best film, best actor (Lawrence Olivier), best work of artists and decorators (Roger Force, Carmen Dillon ), best costumes (Roger Force)
- 1949 - British Film Academy Award for Best Film of the Year
- 1949 - Bodil Award for Best European Film (Laurence Olivier)
- 1949 - Two Golden Globe Awards: Best Foreign Film, Best Actor (Laurence Olivier)
- 1949 - the award of the New York critics to the best actor of the year Lawrence Olivier)
- 1950 - Italian Film Critics Award at the Venice Film Festival
Nominations
- 1949 - Three Oscar nominations : Best Director (Lawrence Olivier), Best Music (William Walton), Best Supporting Actress (Gene Simmons)
- 1949 - nomination for the British Film Academy Award for Best British Film
In literature
The protagonist of Jerome D. Salinger 's novel “The Catcher in the Rye ”, Holden Caulfield is not very good at acting. “They behave on stage completely unlike people.” As an example, Holden leads Lawrence Olivier’s play in Hamlet [1] .
I do not understand what is special about this Lawrence Olivier. His voice is stunning, and he is handsome to hell, and it is pleasant to look at him when he walks or fights a duel, but he was not at all what Hamlet should be, according to D. B. He was more like some general than such an odd little bit crazy.
Notes
- ↑ Jerome D. Salinger . Catcher in the rye . Chapter 16 = The Catcher in the Rye.