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Films based on the theatrical play Hamlet (c. 1599-1601) by William Shakespeare. The play is in turn an adaptation of the legend of Amleth , as depicted in the Gesta Danorum by Saxo Grammaticus . Pages in category "Films based on Hamlet "
Over fifty films of William Shakespeare's Hamlet have been made since 1900. [1] Seven post-war Hamlet films have had a theatrical release: Laurence Olivier's Hamlet of 1948; Grigori Kozintsev's 1964 Russian adaptation; a film of the John Gielgud-directed 1964 Broadway production, Richard Burton's Hamlet, which played limited engagements that same year; Tony Richardson's 1969 version (the first ...
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Elsinore Castle, the seat of power of Denmark's crown in the play, is re-imagined as Hotel Elsinore, the headquarters of Denmark Corporation.; Prior to delivering the "To be, or not to be" monologue, Hamlet is seen watching a video of famed Buddhist teacher Thích Nhất Hạnh explaining the principle "To be is to be with others; to be is to inter-be" a basic teaching of Hanh's "Order of ...
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Hamlet is a 1990 drama film based on the Shakespearean tragedy of the same name, directed by Franco Zeffirelli and starring Mel Gibson as the eponymous character. The film also features Glenn Close , Alan Bates , Paul Scofield , Ian Holm , Helena Bonham Carter , Stephen Dillane , and Nathaniel Parker .
The New York Review of Books praised the attention given to Shakespeare's language, "giving the meter of the verse a musician's respect"; [24] Branagh said that his aim was "telling the story with utmost clarity and simplicity". [25] Some critics, notably Stanley Kauffmann, declared the film to be the finest motion picture version of Hamlet.