Hamlet

1948 · 153 MIN · IMDB 7.6 · 19,045 VOTES · DIR. Laurence Olivier

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Overview

Winner of four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor, Sir Laurence Olivier’s Hamlet continues to be the most compelling version of Shakespeare’s beloved tragedy. Olivier is at his most inspired—both as director and as the melancholy Dane himself—as he breathes new life into the words of one of the world’s greatest dramatists.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,768 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:03:01 This is the tragedy...
00:08:37 The nights are wholesome then.
00:14:40 that father lost, lost his, and the survivor bound in filial obligation...
00:20:24 Do you doubt that?
00:25:42 The same, my lord, and your poor servant ever.
00:31:01 The king doth wake tonight and makes carouse
00:36:54 But know, thou noble youth
00:42:28 So, without more circumstance at all, I hold it fit that we shake hands and part.
00:47:35 what ist but to be nothing else but mad?
00:51:44 is to be one man picked out of ten thousand.
00:58:48 Wheres your father?
01:05:34 And thus the native hue of resolution is sicklied oer...
01:11:31 have made men and not made them well, they imitated humanity so abominably.
01:21:53 - My mother, you say. - She desires to speak with you in her closet ere you go to bed.
01:28:01 My words fly up.
01:33:20 Alas, hes mad.
01:39:12 We fat all creatures else to fat us
01:45:45 Follow her close. Give her good watch, I pray you.
01:52:49 Theres a daisy.
01:59:03 Whose do you think it was?
02:04:12 I loved you ever.
02:10:13 Horatio, thou art een as just a man...
02:14:59 If your mind dislike anything, obey it.
02:21:58 - Its too late. - My lord, Illl hit him now.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,768
Dialogue density11.6 lines / min
First line00:03:01
Final line02:21:58

Production Record

DirectorLaurence Olivier
LanguageEnglish
Budget$750,000
IMDb votes19,045