Gamlet (Hamlet)

Gamlet (Hamlet) (1964)

  • 100% of critics liked it
    (5 reviews)

  • 94% of users liked it
    (401 ratings)

At least the 22nd time William Shakespeare's most famous tragedy has been brought to the screen, Kenneth Branagh's film adaptation of Hamlet was the first to preserve Shakespeare's entire text, uncut and unabridged. Moving the action into the 19th century, Branagh cast himself in the… More

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PG-13,
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Genres
Art House & International, Drama
In Theaters
Jun 24, 1964 Wide
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    One of the better versions of Hamlet.

  • Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid

    Kozintsev's film is probably the most cohesive of the five [Hamlets].

  • Marty Mapes, Movie Habit

    Striking Soviet imagery will send chills down your spine

  • Doug Cummings, Filmjourney

    Kozintsev emphasizes the imprisoning moral architecture of Elsinore, not by obvious claustrophobic visuals, but by a rich, widescreen frame and purist, black-and-white imagery...

  • Phil Hall, Film Threat

    Elsinore's prince, via the great Soviet director Grigory Kozintsev. A devastating, extraordinary achievement.

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  • Janice :


    Perhaps the best and most captivating on-screen adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet. Kenneth Branagh's performance blew me away!

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