Hamlet (1948)

Hamlet

Hamlet is a 1948 film with Laurence Olivier and Basil Sydney. See the storyline, runtime (153 minutes) and complete cast list on 123movies. Winner of four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor, Sir Laurence Olivier’s Hamlet continues to be the most compelling version of Shakespeare’s beloved tragedy. Olivier is at his most inspired—both as director and as the melancholy Dane himself—as he breathes new life into the words of one of the world’s greatest dramatists.