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Hamlet / Janus Films ; a J. Arthur Rank Enterprise ; Two Cities Films ; based on the play by William Shakespeare ; director/producer, Laurence Olivier.
LIBRA DVD 011 205
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Hamlet, author.
- Series:
- Criterion collection ; 82.
- Criterion collection ; 82
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Film adaptations.
- Shakespeare, William.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
- Hamlet (Legendary character)--Drama.
- Hamlet.
- Hamlet (Legendary character).
- Revenge--Drama.
- Revenge.
- Princes--Denmark--Drama.
- Princes.
- Denmark.
- Motion pictures, British.
- Genre:
- Film adaptations.
- Drama.
- Feature films.
- Motion pictures, British.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (153 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
- monochrome
- Other Title:
- Title on disc: Laurence Olivier's Hamlet
- Place of Publication:
- [Irvington, NY] : The Criterion Collection, [2000]
- System Details:
- DVD; Dolby Digital.
- digital
- optical
- mono
- Dolby
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- The classic version of Shakespeare's Hamlet, the towering tragedy of the Danish prince who feigns madness to trap his father's murderer.
- Participant:
- Laurence Olivier, Felix Aylmer, Jean Simmons, Eileen Herlie, Anthony Quayle, Basil Sydney, Norman Wooland, Terence Morgan, Stanley Holloway.
- Credits:
- Photographer, Desmond Dickinson ; editor, Reginald Beck ; music William Walton, conducted by Muir Mathieson.
- Notes:
- Originally issued as a motion picture in England in 1948.
- "This brilliant production earned critical acclaim and four 1948 Academy Awards: Best picture, Actor, Art direction-set direction and Costume design"--Container.
- ISBN:
- 0780021312
- OCLC:
- 45055231
- Publisher Number:
- HAM020 The Criterion Collection
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