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41) Hamlet (1948)
Olivier stripped the original 4h down to 2½. Behind the camera he convinces as much as in front of the camera as the lead character. 19-year-old Jean Simmons impresses as Ophelia. Stanley Holloway’s vignette is glorious.
From the Heart of Europe · Hamlet (1948)This is an unusual case where though I had never seen this particular adaptation before, I am pretty familiar with the source material. Hamlet, directed by and starring the recently knighted Sir La…