Hamlet (Original title)

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Date: 1948 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Laurence Olivier

Synopsis: Filmed adaptation of the Shakespeare play.

Genre: Drama

Subject: Hamlet (play)

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Releases
Date: 1948Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 155 mins Length: 13926 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: April 2016Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 155 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer

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Production Company: Two Cities Films, Producer: Laurence Olivier, Assistant Producer: Anthony Bushell, Associate Producer: Reginald Beck, Production Executive: Herbert Smith, Production Manager: John Gossage, Under the Management of: Filippo Del Giudice, Assistant Production Manager: Peter Berg, Production Supervisor: Phil C. Samuel, Associate Director: Reginald Beck, Assistant Director: Peter Bolton, 2nd Assistant Director: Cecil F. Ford, 2nd Assistant Director: Alec Gibb, 3rd Assistant Director: Frank Ernst, 4th Assistant Director: Lawrence G. Knight, Continuity: Elizabeth Everson, Assistant Continuity: Gladys Goldsmith, Casting: Weston Drury, Casting: Maude Spector, Crowd Casting: William Fleming, Text Editor: Alan Dent, By: William Shakespeare, Photographer: Desmond Dickinson, Camera Operator: Ray Sturgess, Focus Puller: Gerry Surman, Clapper Loader: Buddy Minchin, Chief Electrician: James Hamilton, Stills: Wilfrid Newton, Special Effects: Paul Sheriff, Special Effects: Henry Harris, Special Effects: Jack Whitehead, Special Processes: Francis Carver, Special Processes: George Blackwell, Special Processes: Bill Warrington, Special Processes: Sid Howell, Jimmy Snow, Editor: Helga Cranston, Assistant Editor: Peter Taylor, 2nd Assistant Editor: Gerald Thomas, 2nd Assistant Editor: John Pomeroy, 2nd Assistant Editor: Richard Sidwell, Designer: Roger Furse, Art Director: Carmen Dillon, Assistant Art Director: Betty Pierce, Set Dresser: Roger Ramsdell, Draughtsman: William Bowden, Scenic Artist: E. Lindegaard, Wardrobe Designer: Roger Furse, Assistant to Roger Furse: Elizabeth Hennings, Wardrobe Supervisor: Fred Pridmore, Wardrobe Mistress: Barbara Gillett, Make-up: Tony Sforzini, Make-up Supervisor: Geoffrey Rodway, Make-up Artist: Ernest Westo, Make-up Artist: Michael Morris, Basil Newall, Hairdressing: Vivienne Walker, Hairdresser: Joyce Wood, Hairdresser: Pearl Bremner, Frances Watson, Music: William Walton, [Music] Played by: The Philharmonia Orchestra, Assistant Music Director: John Hollingsworth, [Music] Conducted by: Muir Mathieson, Music Mixer: E.A. Drake, Mime Play: David Paltenghi, Sword Play: Dennis Loraine, Sound Supervisor: C.C. Stevens, Sound Recorder: John W. Mitchell, L.E. Overton, Sound Camera Operator: Graham Martin, Jack De Connack, Sound Assistant: Jack Goodwin, Sound Department Chief Engineer, Denham Studios: Eric Vast, Boom Operator: Dudley Messenger, Assistant Boom Operator: Gus Lloyd, Gerry Bennett, 1st Assistant Dubbing Mixer, Denham Studios: Peter T. Davies, Supervising Dubbing Mixer, Denham/Pinewood: Desmond Dew, Chief Dubbing Mixer, Denham Studios: L.E. Overton, Sound Editor: Harry Miller, Dubbing Crew: F.J.V. Dobson, Maintenance Engineer, Denham Studios: Derek Taylor, Publicity: Margaret Marshall, Unit Press Representative: Ken Green, Studio: Denham Studios

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Laurence Olivier (Hamlet), Eileen Herlie (Gertrude), Basil Sydney (Claudius), Jean Simmons (Ophelia), Felix Aylmer (Polonius), Norman Wooland (Horatio), Terence Morgan (Laertes), Stanley Holloway (gravedigger), Peter Cushing (Osric), Esmond Knight (Bernardo), Anthony Quayle (Marcellus), Harcourt Williams (first player), John Laurie (Francisco), Niall MacGinnis (sea captain), Patrick Troughton (player king), Tony Tarver (player queen), Russell Thorndike (priest), John Mcgarry (the ghost), Christopher Lee (spear carrier)

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