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Winner of four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor, Sir Laurence Olivier’s Hamlet continues to be the most compelling version of Shakespeare’s beloved tragedy. Olivier is at his most inspired—both as director and as the melancholy Dane himself—as he breathes new life into the words of one of the world’s greatest dramatists.
Can a single man's hesitation trigger the total collapse of a royal dynasty? This monochrome epic transforms the stage into a haunting, psychological labyrinth of shadows and ghosts.
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Laurence Olivier, Basil Sydney, Eileen Herlie, Norman Wooland, Felix Aylmer, Jean Simmons, Terence Morgan, Peter Cushing, Stanley Holloway, Russell Thorndike
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You can stream Hamlet (1948) on Max with a subscription, rent on Apple TV+, or buy on Apple TV+.
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Laurence Olivier, Basil Sydney, Eileen Herlie, Norman Wooland, Felix Aylmer, Jean Simmons, Terence Morgan, Peter Cushing, Stanley Holloway, Russell Thorndike
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