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Hamlet

Name: Hamlet
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Genre: Drama
Released: 1996
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Derek Jacobi, Kate Winslet, Julie Christie, Richard Briers

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother now marrying the murderer... his uncle. Meanwhile, war is brewing.

1996 · Directed by Kenneth Branagh · 242 min · Drama · 19 frames

Tagline

Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.

Crew

Cinematography: Alex Thomson
Edited by: Neil Farrell
Music: Patrick Doyle
Production design: Tim Harvey
Produced by: David Barron

Cast

Kenneth Branagh as Prince Hamlet
Derek Jacobi as King Claudius
Kate Winslet as Ophelia
Julie Christie as Gertrude
Richard Briers as Polonius
Nicholas Farrell as Horatio
Rufus Sewell as Fortinbras
Reece Dinsdale as Guildenstern
Timothy Spall as Rosencrantz
Michael Maloney as Laertes

Production

Country: United States of America
Language: English
Studios: Castle Rock Entertainment
Budget: $18,000,000
Box office: $4,700,000
Themes: mother, denmark, loss of loved one, prince, based on play or musical, madness, aggressive, complex, antagonistic

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