Tony Richardson's Hamlet is based on his own stage production. Filmed entirely within the Roundhouse in London (a disused train shed), it is shot almost entirely in close up, focusing the attention on faces and language rather than action.
Directed by Tony Richardson
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Cast
Nicol Williamson
Hamlet / King Hamlet
Anthony Hopkins
Claudius
Judy Parfitt
Gertrude
Marianne Faithfull
Ophelia
Mark Dignam
Polonius
Gordon Jackson
Horatio
Ben Aris
Rosencrantz
Clive Graham
Guildenstern
Roger Livesey
First Player / Gravedigger
Michael Elphick
Captain
Roger Lloyd Pack
Reynaldo
Michael Pennington
Laertes
David Griffith
Messenger
Anjelica Huston
Court Lady
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