Where to Watch Hamlet (1996) in the UK

What it's about

Hamlet (Sir Kenneth Branagh), son of the King of Denmark (Brian Blessed), is summoned home for his father's funeral and his mother Gertrude's (Julie Christie's) wedding to his uncle Claudius (Sir Derek Jacobi). In a supernatural episode, he discovers that his uncle, who he hates anyway, murdered his father. In an incredibly convoluted plot, the most complicated and most interesting in all literature, he manages to (impossible to put this in exact order) feign (or perhaps not to feign) madness, murder the "Prime Minister", love and then unlove an innocent who he drives to madness, plot and then unplot against the uncle, direct a play within a play, successfully conspire against the lives of two well-meaning friends, and finally take his revenge on the uncle, but only at the cost of almost every life on-stage, including his own and his mother's.

Cast and crew

Director

Kenneth Branagh

Writer

William Shakespeare, Kenneth Branagh

Starring

Kenneth Branagh, Julie Christie, Derek Jacobi

Details

Release date

Dec 25, 1996

Language

English

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Box office

$4,708,156

Awards

Nominated for 4 Oscars. 9 wins & 25 nominations total

Where to Watch Hamlet (1996) in the UK — common questions

Where to watch Hamlet in the United Kingdom?

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Can I stream Hamlet or do I have to rent it in the United Kingdom?

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Can I watch Hamlet for free in the United Kingdom?

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