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
- Alec Clunes
- Michael Caine
- June Tobin
- Jo Maxwell Muller
- Roy Kinnear
- Philip Locke
- Dyson Lovell
- Peter Prowse
- David Calderisi
- Bill Wallis
- Charles Carson
- David Swift
- Lindsay Kemp
- Steven Berkoff
- Donald Sutherland
- Joby Blanshard
- Michael Goldie
- William Hobbs
Director
- Philip Saville
Producers
- Peter Luke
