Hamlet is a movie directed by Kenneth Branagh in 1996 and based on the play of the same name by William Shakespeare, first published in 1603. The movie features Kenneth Branagh, Derek Jacobi, Kate Winslet, Julie Christie, Richard Briers, Michael Maloney, and others.
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“The movie is better than the book”
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Storyline
The film follows the plot of the original play, and is the first adaptation to have the complete original text. Hamlet, son of the King of Denmark, is summoned home for his father’s funeral and his mother Gertrude’s wedding to his uncle Claudius. In a supernatural episode, he discovers that his uncle, who he hates anyway, murdered his father.
Movie vs Book
Year
1996
Minutes
242
Movie Rate
7.70
Source: IMDb
Year
1603
Pages
342
Book Rate
8.06
S: Goodreads
Book
Hamlet
Original title: The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Author: William Shakespeare
Country: UK
First published in: 1603
Length: 342 pages
Genre: Play
Other screen adaptations of the book
Movie by Laurence Olivier
Movie by Franco Zeffirelli
Movie by Michael Almereyda
TV Series by Kurt Sutter
Movie by Vishal Bhardwaj
Movie by Claire McCarthy
Movie by Sean Mathias
User polls & recommendations
“The movie will never be as good as the book, both because the book goes on longer and because books are internal.”
SCOTT TUROW (Writer)
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