DVD
Laurence Olivier's Hamlet
Call Number
- DVD DRAMA (CEN)
Performers
Laurence Olivier, Felix Aylmer, Jean Simmons, Eileen Herlie, Stanley Holloway, Anthony Quayle, Basil Sydney, Norman Wooland, Terence Morgan.
Publication Information
[S.l.] : Carlton International Media Limited, c2000.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (153 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home when his father is killed and learns that his ambitious uncle has married the widowed Queen and claimed Hamlet's throne for himself. Haunted by his father's ghost and his own need for revenge, Hamlet's torment leads to the most inspired poetry in all of Shakespeare.
Notes
DVD format ; Dolby digital, mono.
Videodisc release of the 1948 motion picture.
Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
New transfer, with digitally restored image and sound.
Based on the play by William Shakespeare.
Academy Award winner in 1948 for Best picture, Best actor (Laurence Olivier), Best art direction - set direction (Roger K. Furse, Carmen Dillon), Best costume design (Roger K. Furse).
Not rated.
Presented in its original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.33:1.