Hamlet at Elsinore
- Released on
- Runtime
- 170 mins
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.
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.
Cast
- Christopher Plummer
- Robert Shaw
- June Tobin
- Alec Clunes
- Jo Maxwell Muller
- Michael Caine
- Dyson Lovell
- David Calderisi
- Bill Wallis
- Philip Locke
- Peter Prowse
- Michael Goldie
- Roy Kinnear
- Donald Sutherland
- Joby Blanshard
- Charles Carson
- Steven Berkoff
- David Swift
- Lindsay Kemp
- William Hobbs
Director
- Philip Saville
