About the movie: Hamlet

Revenge of the Prince/Hamlet (1948)

Director: (laurence olivier laurence olivier)

Main performances: (John Laurie John Laurie) (esmond Esmond Knight) (anthony quayle anthony quayle) (Neil mcginnis) (Harcourt Williams) (Patrick Trow).

The last movie:1948 65438+1October 27th.

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Shakespeare's famous play Hamlet has been put on the screen many times, but the most famous version is Revenge of the Prince, which was directed and performed by laurence olivier in 1948. This film not only won four Oscars, but also won the Golden Lion Award at Venice Film Festival.

In the castle of the Danish Kingdom, Horatio and two other officers and men guarding the city found a strange ghost. He looks like a dead king. When Polaris rose in the night sky, he appeared mysteriously. He disappeared as soon as the rooster crowed in the morning.

Less than a month after the sudden death of the late king, Queen Gertrude remarried to the king's younger brother Claudius, who usurped the throne. This incident strongly stimulated the young Prince Hamlet, who was extremely sad about his father's death and ashamed of his mother's betrayal. Hamlet was very disgusted with the new king and felt that he was nothing like his perfect father. After hearing Horatio's report, Hamlet decided to wait for the ghost to come back himself.

Late at night, ghosts appeared again. He waved to Hamlet, took him to the end of the castle and told Hamlet that he was the soul of my late king and was suffering in purgatory. He was not killed by a poisonous snake while sleeping in the garden, as rumored, but was assassinated by his brother Claudius. He asked his son to avenge himself, but when he retaliated, he could not defile his own quality or hurt his mother. As for the queen's sin, God should punish her. Hamlet made several people who witnessed the scene swear to keep a secret and swear to take revenge.

In order to get revenge, Hamlet adopted the strategy of pretending to be crazy to dispel the suspicion of his uncle Claudius. From then on, Hamlet became arrogant and grotesque in clothes, words and deeds. The queen didn't know the inside story, thinking that her son became like this because of his mourning and love for his dead father. However, Claudius was not at ease and planned to exile the prince to England.

Hamlet fell madly in love with Ophelia, the daughter of Polonius, the commander in chief. He wrote to Ophelia, expressing his love again and again. But Polonius and Ophelia's brother Laetis are both opposed to this unrealistic marriage. They warned Ophelia that Hamlet's position was too high, so be careful to be cheated. But Ophelia couldn't get rid of her deep affection for Hamlet, and she kept testing Hamlet. But in order to pretend to be more like him, Hamlet did not dare to show his true feelings to his beloved girl, but only hinted at his sincere love, which made Ophelia's spirit very painful.

A group of actors came to the palace, and Hamlet continued to pretend to be crazy before the performance. The puns he made under the torture of love further hurt Ophelia. Polonius tried to spy on Hamlet, but he could never guess the prince's heart.

The troupe performed a plot similar to the murder of the former king, and Hamlet secretly observed his uncle's reaction. From the king's gaffes, Hamlet confirmed what the ghost said. He told his best friend Horatio how he felt.

The condemnation of conscience made Claudius fidgety, and he prayed for forgiveness. This scene happened to be captured by Hamlet. Just as he was about to start work, an idea stopped him-at this time, revenge met the repentance of the sinner, which was equivalent to sending the soul of the wicked to heaven. To cut off the wicked when he is an unnatural hook, let Claudius' soul fall into hell. The noble Hamlet finally gave up the chance of revenge.

In his mother's bedroom, Hamlet blamed the queen Gertrude. The queen mistakenly thought that Hamlet would commit suicide and cried out in fear. At the same time, the call of "help, help" was issued behind the scenes. Hamlet thought the king was hiding in it, so he drew his sword and stabbed it. Unexpectedly, Polonius, a spy, stabbed him to death. By blaming Polonius for his stupidity, Hamlet severely lashed his mother's betrayal in his soul, which made the queen cut like a knife. At this time, the ghost appeared again, and he asked Hamlet to help his mother get rid of the condemnation of his conscience.

The king discovered Polonius' death and became more suspicious of Hamlet. He asked the prince to go to England at once, and in his letter he asked the king of England to execute Hamlet. I didn't expect Hamlet to be attacked by a pirate ship after he went out to sea. Hamlet was captured by pirates in the battle. In order to get a reward in the future, the pirates treated the Danish prince well and released Hamlet. Hamlet asked Horatio to come quickly and escort him back to China.

After returning home, Hamlet met a grave digger in the cemetery. Just as they were having a philosophical dialogue, a funeral procession came. There were kings, queens and courtiers in the parade, but the funeral was sloppy. Hamlet was full of doubts, and the bishop told him that a girl who committed suicide was buried. According to the canon, this kind of death can only be buried in the wilderness, and it is precisely because of the above order that the cemetery can be buried. This girl is Hamlet's beloved Ophelia.

It turned out that Ophelia was heartbroken and soon went insane when she learned that her father had died at the hands of her lover. The girl sang and wove a wreath of flowers and weeds. When she wanted to hang the wreath on the willow tree by the river, the branch broke and the girl fell into the water and died.

Laetis hated Hamlet because of the tragic deaths of his father and sister. He jumped into his sister's grave and was heartbroken. Hamlet couldn't stand anyone suffering more than him, so he jumped in. He said that he loved Ophelia more than his four brothers. Hamlet's confession did not win Laetis' understanding, and the king provoked it with ulterior motives. Laetis proposed to compete with Hamlet, but Hamlet didn't know the truth and accepted the challenge.

Under the arrangement of the king, Laertes prepared a sword with a poisonous tip, while Hamlet used a non-toxic round-headed sword. Laetis paralyzed Hamlet at first, and once he succeeded, he gave him a fatal blow with a poisonous sword. Hamlet still doesn't know about it. He accidentally replaced his non-toxic sword with Laetis' and stabbed him back. In this way, Laertes also took the consequences. Just then, the queen suddenly called poisoning. It turned out that the king had poisoned the wine prepared for Hamlet, and the queen drank it defenseless. Hamlet became suspicious and immediately ordered an investigation. Laetis told the truth before she died. Hamlet forgave him and stabbed the king with a poisonous sword. The schemer finally got what he deserved. Hamlet asked Horatio to tell the truth after his death and then close his eyes. The soldiers held up the noble prince and fired their guns in salute.

Hamlet Gan Park Jung Su (1964)

Director: (Joseph Shapiro) (Grigori Kozintsev)

Main performances: (Innocenti Smoak Tonov) (Mikhail Nazvanov) (Else Radzinya) (Yuri Tolubeyev) (anastasiya vertinskaya, Nasta ViKinska) (Vadim Medvedev).

The last movie: 1966 March 15

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Hamlet Hamlet (1969)

Director: (Tony Richardson, Tony Richardson)

Main performances: (Nicol Williamson) (Judy Parfitt Judy Parfitt) (Anthony Hopkins Hopkin) (marianne faithfull) (Mark Dignam) (michael pennington).

Last movie:1971February 0 1.

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Hamlet Hamlet (1990)

Director: (Frank Zeffirelli franco zeffirelli)

Main performances: (mel gibson mel gibson) (glenn close glenn close) (alan bates) (paul scofield paul scofield) (Tian Holm Ian Home) (Helena Bonham Carter).

The last movie: 199065438+February19

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Prince Hamdet of Denmark was killed by his father, and his uncle immediately succeeded to the throne and married his mother, which made him deeply ashamed and resentful. One night, he met the ghost of his father and complained that his uncle had poisoned his younger brother in order to usurp the throne and marry his sister-in-law. In order to avenge his father, he pretended to be crazy to avoid his uncle's surveillance, and forced his uncle to show his true colors with the performance of the troupe entering the palace. How can he retaliate if he is indecisive?

Hamlet Hamlet (1996)

Director: (Kenneth Bleiner kenneth branagh)

Main performances: (Ritz Abasi) (attenborough richard attenborough richard) (David Blair) (Brian Blessed Brian Blessed) (Kenneth Bleiner Blana) (Richard Bryers Richard Bryers).

Last movie:199665438+February 25th.

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Adapted from Shakespeare's book of the same name by Kenneth Bleiner. /kloc-In the Danish kingdom in the 20th century, my younger brother Keraudy killed the king's brother, stole the throne, and occupied his sister-in-law Gertrude. Prince Hamlet hurried home, and his father's ghost guided him home. Knowing the truth, he was determined to avenge his father. Hamlet pretended to be crazy to cover up his action plan and killed Polonius, the minister who overheard his conversation with the queen. Ophelia, the daughter of Polonius, who loved the prince deeply, drowned in a coma. Her brother Leitas conspired with the king to kill the prince with poisoned wine and sword, but he was injured by the poisoned sword. Before he died, he told the truth about what Keraudy had done. The prince swooped down and killed Keraudy.

Hamlet Hamlet (2000)

Director: (Michael Ahlmer Ryder, Michael Almereyda)

Main Performances: (ethan hawke ethan hawke) (Karl Michella Helen kyle maclachlan) (Diane Venora Diane Venora) (Sam Shepard Sam Shepard) (Bill Murray) (Liv Schleiber).

Last movie: 065438+20001October 24th.

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This is a modern version of Revenge of the Prince. Hamlet is the son of the late president of a Danish company, which is a big company in new york. When the ghost of his father told Hamlet the truth that he was murdered by his brother Keraudy, he made up his mind to avenge his father.

Hamlet is Shakespeare's most famous tragedy and has been put on the screen many times. Among them, the version 1948 directed by Oliver Lawrence was the most successful and won five Oscar awards, including best film.

The Millennium version of Hamlet, starring independent filmmaker and director Michael Almereyda, once again accepted the challenge of low-cost production. In order to shoot this movie with a budget of only $2 million, Mike gave up the popular super 35 mm camera system and switched to 16 mm system, but it still feels good for Mike who is used to the 8 mm system. Although film critics have never been optimistic about ethan hawke, Mike thinks that Ethan's introverted temperament is very suitable to play the image of Hamlet, and another leading actor, Carl McClaren, is the protagonist of the famous TV series Twin Peaks, and his acting skills are naturally impeccable. Because of Mike's "frugality", in the budget of 2 million dollars, the famous musician Carter Bauer ("Blizzard and Puppet Life") was still invited to arrange music for the film, which added a lot of color to the film.

In the film, Hamlet's famous saying "to be or not to be" was read in a video store, and "in the play" became a film shot by Hamlet. I believe many admirers of Shakespeare will scoff at this. Mike thinks that the connotation expressed in Shakespeare's works is very close to modern life, and the original intention of Shakespeare's writing is to entertain the public, so he will interpret his works in a modern environment. Perhaps it is a profound understanding of Shakespeare's works. After the film was released, it was affirmed by many film critics and the box office performance was reasonable. The film critics of famous film review stations commented on this film as follows: If more classic plays can be adapted in this way, perhaps more people will put down Backstreet Boys's biography and read Hemingway or Shakespeare instead, so as to better understand the world around us.