Hamlet (1990)


Mel Gibson              Hamlet
Glenn Close             Gertrude
Alan Bates              King Claudius
Paul Scofield           The Ghost
Ian Holm                Polonius
Helena Bonham Carter    Ophelia
Stephen Dillane         Horatio
Nathaniel Parker        Laertes
Sean Murray (II)        Guildenstern
Michael Maloney         Rosencrantz
Trevor Peacock          The Gravedigger
John McEnery            Osric
Richard Warwick         Bernardo
Christien Anholt        Marcellus
Dave Duffy              Francisco
Vernon Dobtcheff        Reynaldo
Pete Postlethwaite      Player King
Christopher Fairbank    Player Queen

Directed by:            Franco Zeffirelli
Produced by:            Bruce Davey, Dyson Lovell, Pierson Heldring & Pierson


An adaptation of Shakespeare's classic play about the Prince of Denmark troubled by his father's mysterious death 
and his mother's sudden remarriage to his uncle.

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Zefferelli does yet another Shakespeare, with less success than he had with Taming of the Shrew or Romeo and Juliet. 
Hamlet returns to Denmark when his father, the King, dies. His mother Gertrude has already married Hamlet's uncle 
Claudius, the new King. They urge Hamlet to marry his beloved Ophelia. But soon the ghost of Hamlet's father appears 
and tells Hamlet that he was murdered by Claudius and Gertrude. Hamlet must choose between passive acquiescence and 
the need for a vengeance which might lead to tragedy.

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Hamlet's father, the King of Denmark was murdered by Hamlet's uncle, Claudius. Gertrude (Hamlet's mother) married 
Claudius shortly after her husband, the kings death. The ghost of Hamlet's father comes back and tells Hamlet to kill 
his uncle for murdering him and to leave his mother alone because she is innocent. Hamlet is dating Ophelia until her 
father, Polonius persuades her to end their relationship.