Hamlet (1948 film)

E36290
British film black-and-white film drama film film film adaptation

Hamlet (1948 film) is Laurence Olivier’s acclaimed black-and-white adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragedy, noted for its psychological focus and multiple Academy Awards, including Best Picture.

Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Hamlet 1
Hamlet film score 1

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British film ⓘ
black-and-white film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
film adaptation ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Art Direction – Black-and-White

Academy Award for Best Costume Design ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Costume Design – Black-and-White

Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ
basedOn Hamlet ⓘ
basedOnWorkBy William Shakespeare ⓘ
blackAndWhite true ⓘ
cinematographyBy Desmond Dickinson ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
director Laurence Olivier ⓘ
distributor Rank Organisation ⓘ
editedBy Helga Cranston ⓘ
format black-and-white ⓘ
genre psychological drama ⓘ
tragedy ⓘ
leadActor Laurence Olivier ⓘ
musicBy William Walton ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress ⓘ
notableFor multiple Academy Awards ⓘ
psychological focus ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
portrays psychological interpretation of Hamlet ⓘ
portraysCharacter Claudius ⓘ
Gertrude ⓘ
Horatio ⓘ
Laertes ⓘ
Ophelia ⓘ
Polonius ⓘ
Hamlet ⓘ
surface form: Prince Hamlet

The Ghost ⓘ
producer Laurence Olivier ⓘ
productionCompany Two Cities Films ⓘ
releaseDate 1948-05-04 ⓘ
releaseYear 1948 ⓘ
runningTime 155 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter Alan Dent ⓘ
Laurence Olivier ⓘ
setting Denmark ⓘ
starring Anthony Quayle ⓘ
Basil Sydney ⓘ
Eileen Herlie ⓘ
Felix Aylmer ⓘ
Jean Simmons ⓘ
Laurence Olivier ⓘ
Norman Wooland ⓘ
Peter Cushing ⓘ
Stanley Holloway ⓘ
Terence Morgan ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Laurence Olivier → directed → Hamlet (1948 film) ⓘ
Richard III (1955 film) → follows → Hamlet (1948 film) ⓘ
subject surface form: Richard III (19555 film)
Claire Bloom → notableWork → Hamlet (1948 film) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hamlet
Laurence Olivier → notableWork → Hamlet (1948 film) ⓘ
William Walton → notableWork → Hamlet (1948 film) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hamlet film score