Hamlet

Hamlet comes home from university to find his uncle married to his mother, and his father's ghost haunting the battlements and scaring the watch. Then his father's ghost directs him to seek revenge.

DramaTV Movie

Hamlet

Rating

6.1/10

Release Date

1980-05-25

Runtime

210 minutes

Status

Released

Cast

Derek Jacobi

Hamlet

Claire Bloom

Gertrude

Patrick Stewart

Claudius

Eric Porter

Polonius

Lalla Ward

Ophelia

David Robb

Laertes

Robert Swann

Horatio

Patrick Allen

Ghost of Hamlet's Father

Emrys James

Player King

Jason Kemp

Player Queen

Geoffrey Beevers

Third Player / Lucianus

Bill Homewood

Player King in the mime

Production Companies

BBC

Time-Life Television Productions