---
title: 'Richard Burton''s Hamlet (1964)'
type: 'film'
director: 'John Gielgud'
released: '1964-01-01'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/richard-burtons-hamlet-1964'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058175/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Richard Burton's Hamlet (1964)

1964 · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

Richard Burton's Hamlet is a common name for both the Broadway production of William Shakespeare's tragedy that played from April 9 to August 8, 1964 at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, and for the filmed record of it that has been released theatrically and on home video.

## Credits

- **Director:** [John Gielgud](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-gielgud)
- **Producer:** [John Heyman](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-heyman)

## Cast

- [George Rose](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-rose) as First Gravedigger
- [Hume Cronyn](https://cinepixo.com/people/hume-cronyn) as Polonius
- [John Cullum](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-cullum) as Laertes
- [Linda Marsh](https://cinepixo.com/people/linda-marsh) as Ophelia
- [Hugh Alexander](https://cinepixo.com/people/hugh-alexander) as Cornelius
- [Eileen Herlie](https://cinepixo.com/people/eileen-herlie) as Gertrude
- [Kit Culkin](https://cinepixo.com/people/kit-culkin) as Player Queen
- [Michael Ebert](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-ebert) as Fortinbras
- [Barnard Hughes](https://cinepixo.com/people/barnard-hughes) as Marcellus
- [George Voskovec](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-voskovec) as Player King
- [Clement Fowler](https://cinepixo.com/people/clement-fowler) as Rosencrantz
- [Gerome Ragni](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerome-ragni) as Ensemble
- [Robert Milli](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-milli) as Horatio
- [Alfred Drake](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-drake) as King Claudius
- [William Redfield](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-redfield) as Guildenstern

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