Tony Richardson's Hamlet is based on his own stage production. Filmed entirely within the Roundhouse in London (a disused train shed), it is shot almost entirely in close up, focusing the attention on faces and language rather than action.
Nicol Williamson
as Hamlet / King Hamlet
Anthony Hopkins
as Claudius
Judy Parfitt
as Gertrude
Marianne Faithfull
as Ophelia
Mark Dignam
as Polonius
Gordon Jackson
as Horatio
Ben Aris
as Rosencrantz
Clive Graham
as Guildenstern
Roger Livesey
as First Player / Gravedigger
Michael Elphick
as Captain
Roger Lloyd Pack
as Reynaldo
Michael Pennington
as Laertes
