Laurence Olivier's Hamlet (multipart was broken, so just part 1)

Help keep poeTV running

And please consider not blocking ads here. They help pay for the server. Pennies at a time. Literally.

Comment count is 7

twinkieafternoon - 2009-09-19

I don't really expect anyone to watch the whole thing, but it is exquisite.

socialist_hentai

- 2009-09-19

that's where your wrong buddy, there's a playlist for it and i can watch it from my couch! Ha haaa!

mouser

- 2009-09-19

This is the best rendition ever and the only one I ever stood watching all, even more than once. It's awesome.

A definitive plus, worthy of being favorited (and I dont normally do that).

Well worth a million stars.

-1 because the average joe will not see the evilness of it all.

StanleyPain

- 2009-09-19

It's good, but I honestly don't think it's as great as the reputation. The flaws I can never get past is the ridiculously young actress as Hamlet's mother (younger than Olivier at the time) and the omission of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.

twinkieafternoon - 2009-09-19

But we both agree it's a better Hamlet than the Ethan Hawke one.

I think Olivier's is the more subdued and traditional equal to Branagh's interpretation, which is filled with risk taking, especially Act 5 in particular.

StanleyPain - 2009-09-20

The version I did in middle school with me as Hamlet was better than the Ethan Hawke version.

Lurchi

- 2009-09-19

One of the best Shakespeare movies, along with Polanski's Macbeth, Throne of Blood, and Welles' Othello and Chimes at Midnight.

With Peter Cushing as Osric and Christopher Lee as a spear carrier.

\| poeTV \| Submit \| Login \|

Random - Hot Videos - Rated: 7 Days \| 30 Days \| All Time - Favorited: 7 Days \| 30 Days \| All Time - Viewed: 7 Days \| 30 Days \| All Time