Tony Richardson's Hamlet is based on his own stage production. Filmed entirely within the Roundhouse in London (a disused train shed),it is shot almost entirely in close up, focusing the attention on faces and language rather than action.

• Filmways Pictures
• Woodfall Film Productions
• Nicol Williamson
• Anthony Hopkins
• Judy Parfitt
• Marianne Faithfull
• Mark Dignam
• Gordon Jackson
• Ben Aris
• Clive Graham