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Hamlet 1996 Film | Kenneth Branagh Shakespeare Adaptation



What's your review of the 1996 film version of William Shakespeare's Hamlet? It's directed by Kenneth Brannagh.


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About Hamlet 1996


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Hamlet plot from IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116477/


The trailer can be found online.


Cast and Characters:

Kenneth Branagh as Prince Hamlet

Derek Jacobi as King Claudius

Julie Christie as Gertrude

Richard Briers as Polonius

Kate Winslet as Ophelia

Michael Maloney as Laertes

Rufus Sewell as Fortinbras

Robin Williams as Osric

Gérard Depardieu as Reynaldo

Timothy Spall as Rosencrantz

Reece Dinsdale as Guildenstern

Jack Lemmon as Marcellus

Ian McElhinney as Bernardo

Ray Fearon as Francisco

Brian Blessed as the Ghost of Hamlet's Father

Billy Crystal as the First Gravedigger

Simon Russell Beale as the Second Gravedigger

Don Warrington as Voltimand

Ravil Isyanov as Cornelius

Charlton Heston as the Player King

Rosemary Harris as the Player Queen

Richard Attenborough as the English Ambassador

John Gielgud as Priam, the King of Troy

Judi Dench as Hecuba, the Queen of Troy

John Mills as Old King Norway

Ken Dodd as Yorick


Directed by Kenneth Branagh

Screenplay by Kenneth Branagh

Music by Patrick Doyle

Production companies: Columbia Pictures, Castle Rock Entertainment

Distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing (United States), Rank-Castle Rock/Turner (United Kingdom)

Release date: 25 December 1996

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