About the 1948 version of the black and white film

Full name:

"The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark"

Abbreviation: Hamlet

< p>Also known as: Prince's Revenge

Author: British William Shakespeare

One of the famous tragedies is Shakespeare's most famous play, the same as "Macbeth" , "King Lear" and "Othello" together form Shakespeare's "four major tragedies". In "Hamlet", the story of revenge is intertwined with love and hate. At the same time, Hamlet is also the name of the Danish prince, the protagonist of the play.

Main characters

(Due to version differences, the names may be different. Please refer to the original English name and the Chinese translation of Shakespeare's play. The following is from Zhu Shenghao's translation.)

Hamlet Prince Hamlet - Prince of Denmark. Haunted by his father's ghost, he wants revenge on his father's murderer. After a painful struggle, he achieved his goal, and the entire palace fell into the terror of death. He was eventually struck by a deadly poisonous sword and died.

Claudius - the current king of Denmark. He is Hamlet's uncle and succeeded to the throne after his brother's death. The ghost of Lao Wang tells Hamlet that he is his murderer. He deserved it, and finally died under the poisonous sword of his nephew's revenge.

Ghost King Hamlet (Ghost) - The ghost that transformed into Hamlet's father after his death. Hamlet was abroad when he was poisoned by his brother.

Gertrude——Queen of Denmark, biological mother of the prince. After the death of the old king, she remarried Claude. In Shakespeare's time, this relationship was regarded as incest, so it aroused Hamlet's hatred. She mistakenly drank the poisoned wine prepared by Claude for Hamlet and died on the spot.

Polonius - Lord Chancellor of Claude. He is a notorious stubborn man who obstructs the love between Hamlet and Ophelia. Hamlet always pretends to be stupid to tease him. Hiding behind a tapestry and eavesdropping on Hamlet's conversation with the Queen, he was stabbed to death by the prince.

Laertes - Son of Polonius. Hamlet killed his father and sister with a sword. He also died under Hamlet's poisoned sword, although Hamlet did not realize at the time that the sword was poisonous.

Ophelia - Polonius's daughter. She and Hamlet both fell in love, but various obstacles warned the prince that their political status made it impossible for them to marry. As part of Hamlet's crazy revenge plan, she was ruthlessly abandoned by him. Coupled with her father's death, she fell into insanity and eventually fell into the water and drowned.

Horatio - Hamlet's close friend in college. He was not directly involved in the conspiracy between the royal families, so he became Hamlet's mouthpiece, and Shakespeare used him to enhance the plot. He is also the only major character to survive to the end of the play. Although he once threatened to commit suicide.

Rosencrantz & Guildernstern - both old classmates of Hamlet's university. They are recruited by Crowley to look after Hamlet. Although the two play a small role in the play, the prince soon suspects that the two are spies. When the king issued a secret order to execute Hamlet in England, he secretly changed his name. So the two died inexplicably behind the scenes.

Fortinbras——Prince of Norway. There are only short cutscenes in the play. But his importance lies in the fact that he speaks the last lines of the play, which seem to symbolize a brighter future and elaborate on the theme of the play.

Movie Introduction

Content Type

Video Type: Drama Feature Film

Country: United Kingdom

Language

Original language: English

Dubbing language: Chinese

Original author: William Shakespeare

Director: Lawrence ·Laurence Olivier

Starring: Laurence Olivier

Other responsible

Photography: Desmond Dickinson

Composer: William Walton

Producer: J. Arthur Rank Films Pilgrim Pictures Rank Film Organization [uk] Two Cities Films Ltd. [uk]

< p>Content Creation Date

Production Date: 1948

Plot Summary

This is a masterpiece that truly captures the classical drama of Shakespeare, directed by Lawrence ． Oliver directed and starred in the film, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture.

Describes the death of the King of Denmark. The night watch guards saw the ghost of the old king appearing and informed Prince Hamlet. Before his mourning was over, his uncle Claudius married his brother-in-law and inherited the throne. The prince talked to the ghost and learned the truth about his uncle's murder of his father. In order to prove the truth, the prince pretended to be crazy and acted like a fool. He directed a short play about the old king being poisoned and invited the new king and queen to watch it. The uncle's color changed on the spot, and the queen mother thought that the prince was crazy. Philia committed suicide in the river due to the disappearance of her lover and the loss of her father and son, which aroused the hatred in Laertes's heart. When planning a sword duel with King Claudius, Philia put poison on the edge of the sword and poisoned the wine to harm the prince. , was accidentally drunk by Queen Gertru, and Laertes himself was injured by the poisonous sword. Before he died, he told the prince the truth. The prince avenged his father and died heroically.

The entire film successfully breaks through the limitations of stage play and fully utilizes the image charm of movies in both scene design and camera movement. Oliver's narration and expressions are equally wonderful, and he perfectly interprets the tragedy of the prince's character. Jean. Simmons' performance as Ophelia is pure and beautiful.

“Some people lose their minds due to their bad nature, or they regret their life because of old habits. Even if they have pure morals, they cannot remedy it.” This film is like Shakespeare’s works on the screen, and it is the highest achievement in film. Won two Oscars for Best Picture and Best Actor, and was nominated for Best Director and Best Supporting Actress.