Hamlet
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother remarrying the murderer, his uncle. Meanwhile, war is brewing.
Drama
Castle Rock Entertainment, Turner Pictures (I)
Kenneth Branagh as Prince Hamlet, Derek Jacobi as King Claudius, Julie Christie as Gertrude, Richard Briers as Polonius, Kate Winslet as Ophelia, Nicholas Farrell as Horatio, Michael Maloney as Laertes, Rufus Sewell as Fortinbras, Robin Williams as Osric, Gérard Depardieu as Reynaldo, Timothy Spall as Rosencrantz, Reece Dinsdale as Guildenstern, Jack Lemmon as Marcellus, Ian McElhinney as Barnardo, Ray Fearon as Francisco, Brian Blessed as Ghost of Hamlet's Father, Billy Crystal as First Gravedigger, Simon Russell Beale as Second Gravedigger, Don Warrington as Voltimand, Ravil Isyanov as Cornelius, Charlton Heston as Player King, Rosemary Harris as Player Queen, Richard Attenborough as English Ambassador, John Gielgud as Priam, Judi Dench as Hecuba, John Mills as Old King Norway, Ken Dodd as Yorick, Andrew Schofield as Young Lord, Perdita Weeks as Second Player