
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
Oct 15 2015
•4h 37m
•Drama, Romance
As a country arms itself for war, a family tears itself apart. Forced to avenge his father's death but paralyzed by the task ahead, Hamlet rages against the impossibility of his predicament, threatening both his sanity and the security of the state.
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Benedict Cumberbatch
Hamlet

Ciarán Hinds
Claudius

Anastasia Hille
Gertrude

Sian Brooke
Ophelia
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