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Original title: Hamlet
Year: 1996
Running time: 242 min.
Country: United Kingdom
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Screenwriter: Kenneth Branagh. Theater: William Shakespeare
Music: Patrick Doyle
Cinematography: Alex Thomson
Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Derek Jacobi, Kate Winslet, Julie Christie, Richard Briers, Michael Maloney, Nicholas Farrell, Brian Blessed, Charlton Heston, Billy Crystal, Jack Lemmon, Timothy Spall, Reece Dinsdale, Rufus Sewell, Gérard Depardieu, Robin Williams, Richard Attenborough, Rosemary Harris, Simon Russell Beale, John Gielgud, Judi Dench, John Mills, Ravil Isyanov, Ian McElhinney, Michael Bryant, David Yip, Jimi MistrySee 14 More
Producer: Castle Rock Entertainment
Genre: Drama. Romance | Crime
Movie Groups: Shakespeare: Hamlet
Synopsis: When Hamlet (Kenneth Branagh) returns from his studies to find his father dead, and his mother married to his uncle, he grows suspicious. After being visited by his dead father as a ghost, his suspicions are confirmed and Hamlet falls into a mental pit of revenge, deceit and self-doubt.

Rankings Position

#73 Best British Movies
#130 Best Crime Movies

Awards: 1996: 4 Nominations for Oscar: Adapted Screenplay, Art Direction, Costume Design, OST

1996: 2 Nominations BAFTA: Best Costume Design, diseño of producción

1996: Satellite Awards: 5 Nominations including Best Supporting Actress (Winslet)

1996: Critics' Choice Awards: Nominated for Best Film

1996: Producers Guild Awards (PGA): Nominated for Best Film

1996: Chicago Film Critics Awards: Nominated for Best Actor (Kenneth Branagh)

Critics' reviews

"With his handsome and compelling Hamlet, Kenneth Branagh brings the Bard's greatest tragedy passionately alive on the screen"

Kenneth Turan: Los Angeles Times
"A vigorous, four-hour adaptation that's 100 percent Shakespeare and 100 percent cinema"

Mick LaSalle: SFGATE

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