Tony Richardson's Hamlet is based on his own stage production. Filmed entirely within the Roundhouse in London (a disused train shed), it is shot almost entirely in close up, focusing the attention on faces and language rather than action.
Directed byTony Richardson
- Status
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 57m
- Language
- EN
- Released
- December 21, 1969
Woodfall Film ProductionsFeaturing
Cast & crew
Nicol Williamson
Hamlet / King Hamlet
Anthony Hopkins
Claudius
Judy Parfitt
Gertrude
Marianne Faithfull
Ophelia
Mark Dignam
Polonius
Gordon Jackson
Horatio
Ben Aris
Rosencrantz
Clive Graham
Guildenstern
Roger Livesey
First Player / Gravedigger
Michael Elphick
Captain
- Directed by
- Tony Richardson
- Written by
- Tony Richardson
- Produced by
- Hans GottschalkMartin Ransohoff
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