Hamlet
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother now marrying the murderer... his uncle. Meanwhile, war is brewing.
Kenneth Branagh
Prince Hamlet
Derek Jacobi
King Claudius
Kate Winslet
Ophelia
Julie Christie
Gertrude
Richard Briers
Polonius
Nicholas Farrell
Horatio
Rufus Sewell
Fortinbras
Reece Dinsdale
Guildenstern
Timothy Spall
Rosencrantz
Michael Maloney
Laertes
Robin Williams
Osric
Gérard Depardieu
Reynaldo
Jack Lemmon
Marcellus
Ian McElhinney
Barnardo
Ray Fearon
Francisco
Brian Blessed
Ghost of Hamlet's Father
Billy Crystal
First Gravedigger
Simon Russell Beale
Second Gravedigger
Don Warrington
Voltimand
Ravil Isyanov
Cornelius
Charlton Heston
Player King
Rosemary Harris
Player Queen
Richard Attenborough
English Ambassador
John Gielgud
Priam
Judi Dench
Hecuba
John Mills
Old King Norway
Ken Dodd
Yorick
Andrew Schofield
Young Lord
Perdita Weeks
Second Player
Tom Szekeres
Young Hamlet
Angela Douglas
Attendant to Gertrude
Rowena King
Attendant to Gertrude
Jimi Mistry
Sailor Two
Ben Thom
First Player
David Yip
Sailor One
Sarah Lam
Attendant to Gertrude
Rizz Abbasi
attendant
David Blair
attendant
Michael Bryant
Priest
Peter Bygott
Attendant
Charles Daish
stage manager
Rob Edwards
Lucianus
Yvonne Gidden
Doctor
Jeffery Kissoon
Fortinbra's Captain
john Spencer-churchill
Fortinbra's Captain
Sian Radinger
Prologue
Melanie Ramsay
Prostitute
Mark Chapman
Courtier (uncredited)
David Barron
Producer
Alex Thomson
Director of Photography
Kenneth Branagh
Director
Neil Farrell
Editor
William Shakespeare
Theatre Play
Patrick Doyle
Original Music Composer
Richard Glass
Makeup & Hair
Kerrie R. Plant
Makeup Artist
Sian Grigg
Makeup Artist
Peter Montagna
Makeup Artist
Simone Pereira Hind
Casting
Desmond Crowe
Art Direction
Alexandra Byrne
Costume Design
Tim Harvey
Production Design
Vanessa Pereira
Casting
Iona Price
Production Manager
George Richmond
Second Assistant Camera
Leonard Green
Assistant Editor
Sara Desmond
Third Assistant Director
Nic Milner
Camera Operator
Dan Grace
Dresser
Chris Allies
Title Designer
Kenneth Branagh
Adaptation
Sallie Hard
Second Assistant Director