Hamlet at Elsinore
The ghost of the King of Denmark tells his son Hamlet to avenge his murder by killing the new king, Hamlet's uncle. Hamlet feigns madness, contemplates life and death, and seeks revenge. His uncle, fearing for his life, also devises plots to kill Hamlet. An historic BBC production taped on location in and around Kronborg castle in Elsinore (Denmark), in which the play is set.
Release Date: 1964-04-15
Official website: https://www.bbc.com/historyofthebbc/anniversaries/april/hamlet-at-elsinore/
Christopher Plummer
Hamlet
Robert Shaw
Claudius
Alec Clunes
Polonius
Michael Caine
Horatio
Dyson Lovell
Laertes
Bill Wallis
Guildenstern
Roy Kinnear
Gravedigger
Donald Sutherland
Fortinbras
Charles Carson
Priest
Steven Berkoff
Lucianus