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Synopsis
The ghost of the King of Denmark tells his son Hamlet to avenge his murder by killing the new king, Hamlet's uncle. Hamlet feigns madness, contemplates life and death, and seeks revenge. His uncle, fearing for his life, also devises plots to kill Hamlet. An historic BBC production taped on location in and around Kronborg castle in Elsinore (Denmark), in which the play is set.
Original Title
Hamlet at Elsinore
Director
Philip Saville
Christopher Plummer
Hamlet
Robert Shaw
Claudius
Alec Clunes
Polonius
Michael Caine
Horatio
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June Tobin
Gertrude
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Jo Maxwell Muller
Ophelia
Roy Kinnear
Gravedigger
Philip Locke
Osric
Dyson Lovell
Laertes
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Peter Prowse
Marcellus
David Calderisi
Rosencrantz
Bill Wallis
Guildenstern
