Hamlet at Elsinore
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2hrs
50mins
Directed by
Philip Saville,
Starring
Christopher Plummer,
Robert Shaw,
June Tobin,
Alec Clunes
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The ghost of the King of Denmark tells his son Hamlet to avenge his murder by killing the new king, Hamlet's uncle. Hamlet feigns madness, contemplates life and death, and seeks revenge. His uncle, fearing for his life, also devises plots to kill Hamlet. An historic BBC production taped on location in and around Kronborg castle in Elsinore (Denmark), in which the play is set.