Hamlet

Laurence Olivier · 1948 CE · Film · English · Contemporary

A Danish prince, summoned by his father's ghost to avenge a murder, puts it off through soliloquy, feigned madness and a staged entertainment meant to catch his uncle out. Olivier cut the text hard, dropped Fortinbras entirely, and sent a restless deep-focus camera prowling the bare stone corridors of Elsinore. The first British picture to take the Academy Award for Best Picture.

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• adapts ↑ Hamlet
  William Shakespeare · c. 1601 CE · Play

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