Hamlet (1969 film)

Hamlet
Film poster
Directed byTony Richardson
Written byTony Richardson
Based onthe play by William Shakespeare
Produced byHans Gottschalk
Neil Hartley
Leslie Linder
Martin Ransohoff
StarringNicol Williamson
Marianne Faithfull
Anthony Hopkins
Judy Parfitt
CinematographyGerry Fisher
Edited byCharles Rees
Music byPatrick Gowers
Color processTechnicolor
Production
companies
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release dates
  • December 21, 1969 (1969-12-21) (New York City)
  • 9 April 1970 (1970-04-09) (United Kingdom)
Running time
118 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$350,000[1]

Hamlet is a 1969 British tragedy period drama film. It is a film adaptation of Shakespeare's play Hamlet, starring Nicol Williamson as Prince Hamlet.[2] It was directed by Tony Richardson and based on his own stage production at the Roundhouse theatre in London.[3] The film also stars Anthony Hopkins as King Claudius, Judy Parfitt as Queen Gertrude, Marianne Faithfull as Ophelia, Mark Dignam as Polonius, Gordon Jackson as Horatio, and Michael Pennington as Laertes.[4]

  1. ^ Alexander Walker, Hollywood, England, Stein and Day, 1974 p452
  2. ^ "Hamlet (1969)". BFI. Archived from the original on 23 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Production of Hamlet | Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
  4. ^ "Hamlet (1969) - Tony Richardson | Cast and Crew | AllMovie" – via www.allmovie.com.