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Mood:
- AtmosphericGloomyContemplative
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Plot:
- Tragic HeroIntrigueUncover TruthParents and ChildrenTragic LoveHaunted By the PastRoyal FamilyDishonesty more...
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Genres:
- DramaPeriod
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Time/Period:
- Middle Ages
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Place:
- DenmarkEuropeRoyal Court
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Praise:
- Critically AcclaimedOscar WinnerPrestigious AwardsVenice Festival Winner
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Based on:
- Based on Play
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Attitudes:
- SeriousRealisticSlow
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Look:
- B&W
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Flag:
- Mild Violent Content
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Hamlet, 1948
English
UK
Profile of Hamlet
The mood of Hamlet is gloomy, atmospheric, and contemplative. The plot centers around a royal family, a tragic hero, and intrigues. It is a drama and period movie. In approach, Hamlet is serious and realistic. The pacing is slow. It takes place, at least partly, at a royal court. Hamlet is set in Denmark. It happens in the middle ages. Visually, it is black and white. Hamlet is adapted from a play. The movie is known for being a Venice Festival winner, an Oscar winner, and critically acclaimed. Note that it includes mild violent content.
Summary of Hamlet
Before Kenneth Branagh, before Mel Gibson, Laurence Olivier gave the definitive portrayal of "the man who could not make up his mind." In 15th-century Denmark, young Prince Hamlet is racked by torment and indecision after seeing a vision of his deceased father. The late king's ghost informs his son Hamlet that Claudius, Hamlet's uncle, was responsible for murdering the king. When the murderer married Hamlet's mother--the king's widow--scarcely two months after his funeral, he also took the throne that was his brother's. The ghost beseeches Hamlet to avenge him--yet Hamlet procrastinates, unsure of how best to accomplish his task. In what was only his second directorial effort, Olivier uses his misty, moody set and long tracking camera shots to complement his indecisive prince tortured by the murder of his father. Olivier's version of the Shakespeare tragedy eliminates the characters of Rosencrantz, Guildenstern, and Fortinbras.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | UK |
| Release date: | 29 September 1948 |
| Runtime: | 155 min |
| Awards: | Academy Awards |
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as Ophelia, daughter of Polonius
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