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* TheOtherMarty: Stanley Holloway was an 11th-hour choice; the actor who was supposed to play the gravedigger, F.J. [=McCormick=], died shortly before filming.
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* TheOtherMarty: Stanley Holloway Creator/StanleyHolloway was an 11th-hour choice; the actor who was supposed to play the gravedigger, F.J. [=McCormick=], died shortly before filming.
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* DawsonCasting: Creator/LaurenceOlivier was 41 when he played the title role. Eileen Herlie, who played Gertrude, was 30. The former was actually a pragmatic choice; with Creator/OrsonWelles adapting ''Macbeth'' and also prepping for his version of ''Theatre/{{Othello}}'', ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' was the only other option and he had to cast himself as the lead to secure funding.
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* CreatorChosenCasting: It was J. Arthur Rank who suggested Olivier cast Creator/JeanSimmons as Ophelia after the release of ''Film/GreatExpectations1946''.
* DawsonCasting: Creator/LaurenceOlivier was41 40 when he played the title role. Eileen Herlie, who played Gertrude, was 30.29. The former was actually a pragmatic choice; with Creator/OrsonWelles adapting ''Macbeth'' and also prepping for his version of ''Theatre/{{Othello}}'', ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' was the only other option and he had to cast himself as the lead to secure funding.
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* NoStuntDouble: The final scene to be filmed was the famous shot of Creator/LaurenceOlivier jumping off a high tower onto Claudius and killing him, because it was considered to be so dangerous that it was feared that Olivier would injure himself too badly performing the stunt to film any other scenes. Olivier emerged uninjured from the leap, but the stuntman doubling as Claudius was knocked out from the impact and lost two teeth.
* TheOtherMarty: Stanley Holloway was an 11th-hour choice; the actor who was supposed to play the grave digger, F.J. [=McCormick=], died shortly before filming.
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* NoStuntDouble: The final scene to be filmed was the famous shot of Creator/LaurenceOlivier jumping off a high tower onto Claudius and killing him, him because it was considered to be so dangerous that it was feared that Olivier would injure himself too badly performing the stunt to film any other scenes. Olivier emerged uninjured from the leap, but the stuntman doubling as Claudius was knocked out from the impact and lost two teeth.
* TheOtherMarty: Stanley Holloway was an 11th-hour choice; the actor who was supposed to play thegrave digger, gravedigger, F.J. [=McCormick=], died shortly before filming.
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** Laurence Olivier and Felix Aylmer had starred together in film versions of ''Theatre/AsYouLikeIt'' and ''Theatre/HenryV''. Creator/JohnLaurie (Francisco) also starred in all of Laurence Olivier's Shakespeare films.
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** Laurence Olivier and Felix Aylmer had starred together in film versions of ''Theatre/AsYouLikeIt'' and ''Theatre/HenryV''. Creator/JohnLaurie (Francisco) also starred in all of Laurence Olivier's Shakespeare films.
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* StarMakingRole: Creator/JeanSimmons was relatively unknown beforehand, having only had supporting parts in ''Film/BlackNarcissus'' and ''Literature/GreatExpectations''. Her Oscar nominated performance as Ophelia led to a very prolific career in Hollywood.
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* StarMakingRole: {{Subverted}}. Creator/JeanSimmons was relatively unknown beforehand, having only had supporting parts in ''Film/BlackNarcissus'' and ''Literature/GreatExpectations''. Her Oscar nominated Despite her Oscar-nominated performance as Ophelia led to Ophelia, her real breakthrough as a very prolific career in Hollywood.leading actress didn't ''really'' happen until [[Film/TheBlueLagoon1949 Simmons' next movie]].
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* UsefulNotes/BFITop100BritishFilms: #69
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* {{Jossed}}: For years it was suspected that Creator/JohnGielgud was the voice of Hamlet's father. It was just Laurence Olivier himself with his voice altered. Amusingly enough he would later play the ghost twice more.
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* StarMakingRole: Jean Simmons was relatively unknown beforehand, having only had supporting parts in ''Film/BlackNarcissus'' and ''Literature/GreatExpectations''. Her Oscar nominated performance as Ophelia led to a very prolific career in Hollywood.
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* StarMakingRole: Jean Simmons Creator/JeanSimmons was relatively unknown beforehand, having only had supporting parts in ''Film/BlackNarcissus'' and ''Literature/GreatExpectations''. Her Oscar nominated performance as Ophelia led to a very prolific career in Hollywood.
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** Laurence Olivier and Felix Aylmer had starred together in film versions of ''Theatre/AsYouLikeIt'' and ''Theatre/HenryV''. John Laurie Creator/JohnLaurie (Francisco) also starred in all of Laurence Olivier's Shakespeare films.
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* DawsonCasting: Creator/LaurenceOlivier was 41 when he played the title role. Eileen Herlie, who played Gertrude, was 30. The former was actually a pragmatic choice; with Creator/OrsonWelles adapting ''Macbeth'' and also prepping for his version of ''Theatre/{{Othello}}'', ''Hamlet'' was the only other option and he had to cast himself as the lead to secure funding.
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* DawsonCasting: Creator/LaurenceOlivier was 41 when he played the title role. Eileen Herlie, who played Gertrude, was 30. The former was actually a pragmatic choice; with Creator/OrsonWelles adapting ''Macbeth'' and also prepping for his version of ''Theatre/{{Othello}}'', ''Hamlet'' ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' was the only other option and he had to cast himself as the lead to secure funding.
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* ActingForTwof: Creator/LaurenceOlivier played both Hamlet and his father.
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* ActingForTwof: ActingForTwo: Creator/LaurenceOlivier played both Hamlet and his father.
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* ActingForTwo[=/=]TalkingToHimself: Creator/LaurenceOlivier played both Hamlet and his father.
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* ActingForTwo[=/=]TalkingToHimself: ActingForTwof: Creator/LaurenceOlivier played both Hamlet and his father.
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* DawsonCasting: Creator/LaurenceOlivier was 41 when he played the title role. Eileen Herlie, who played Gertrude, was 30. The former was actually a pragmatic choice; with Creator/OrsonWelles adapting ''Macbeth'' and also prepping for his version of ''{{Theatre/Othello}}'', ''Hamlet'' was the only other option and he had to cast himself as the lead to secure funding.
* DirectedByCastmember: Laurence Olivier naturally played Hamlet, his father and was director.
* DuelingWorks: With Orson Welles's ''{{Theatre/Macbeth}}''. Laurence Olivier had planned to adapt that but changed to ''Hamlet'' when he realised the other one would come out first.
* DirectedByCastmember: Laurence Olivier naturally played Hamlet, his father and was director.
* DuelingWorks: With Orson Welles's ''{{Theatre/Macbeth}}''. Laurence Olivier had planned to adapt that but changed to ''Hamlet'' when he realised the other one would come out first.
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* DawsonCasting: Creator/LaurenceOlivier was 41 when he played the title role. Eileen Herlie, who played Gertrude, was 30. The former was actually a pragmatic choice; with Creator/OrsonWelles adapting ''Macbeth'' and also prepping for his version of ''{{Theatre/Othello}}'', ''Theatre/{{Othello}}'', ''Hamlet'' was the only other option and he had to cast himself as the lead to secure funding.
*DirectedByCastmember: DirectedByCastMember: Laurence Olivier naturally played Hamlet, Hamlet and his father father, and was the director.
* DuelingWorks: With Orson Welles's''{{Theatre/Macbeth}}''.''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}''. Laurence Olivier had planned to adapt that but changed to ''Hamlet'' when he realised the other one would come out first.
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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: The reason the film is in black and white? Laurence Olivier claims "I was in the middle of a furious row with Technicolor."
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Creator/VivienLeigh, who was married to Creator/LaurenceOlivier at the time, wanted to play Ophelia but Olivier felt she was too famous, and cast the relatively unknown Creator/JeanSimmons instead.
** Many actresses reportedly turned down the role of Gertrude because of "age concerns".
** Claire Bloom auditioned for the role of Ophelia. She would later get to play Lady Anne in ''Theatre/RichardIII'', Laurence Olivier's final Shakespeare film (directed by him anyway) and play Gertrude opposite of Derek Jacobi in a television adaptation of ''Hamlet'' in 1980.
** Creator/VivienLeigh, who was married to Creator/LaurenceOlivier at the time, wanted to play Ophelia but Olivier felt she was too famous, and cast the relatively unknown Creator/JeanSimmons instead.
** Many actresses reportedly turned down the role of Gertrude because of "age concerns".
** Claire Bloom auditioned for the role of Ophelia. She would later get to play Lady Anne in ''Theatre/RichardIII'', Laurence Olivier's final Shakespeare film (directed by him anyway) and play Gertrude opposite of Derek Jacobi in a television adaptation of ''Hamlet'' in 1980.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
**WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/VivienLeigh, who was married to Creator/LaurenceOlivier at the time, wanted to play Ophelia but Olivier felt she was too famous, and cast the relatively unknown Creator/JeanSimmons instead.
** Many actresses reportedly turned down the role of Gertrude because of "age concerns".
** Claire Bloom auditioned for the role of Ophelia. She would later get to play Lady Anne in ''Theatre/RichardIII'', Laurence Olivier's final Shakespeare film (directed by him anyway) and play Gertrude opposite of Derek Jacobi in a television adaptation of ''Hamlet'' in 1980.----
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** Claire Bloom auditioned for the role of Ophelia. She would later get to play Lady Anne in ''Theatre/RichardIII'', Laurence Olivier's final Shakespeare film (directed by him anyway) and play Gertrude opposite of Derek Jacobi in a television adaptation of ''Hamlet'' in 1980.
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* ActingForTwo[=/=]TalkingToHimself: Creator/LaurenceOlivier played both Hamlet and his father.
* UsefulNotes/BFITop100BritishFilms: #69
* DawsonCasting: Creator/LaurenceOlivier was 41 when he played the title role. Eileen Herlie, who played Gertrude, was 30. The former was actually a pragmatic choice; with Creator/OrsonWelles adapting ''Macbeth'' and also prepping for his version of ''{{Theatre/Othello}}'', ''Hamlet'' was the only other option and he had to cast himself as the lead to secure funding.
* DirectedByCastmember: Laurence Olivier naturally played Hamlet, his father and was director.
* DuelingWorks: With Orson Welles's ''{{Theatre/Macbeth}}''. Laurence Olivier had planned to adapt that but changed to ''Hamlet'' when he realised the other one would come out first.
* {{Jossed}}: For years it was suspected that Creator/JohnGielgud was the voice of Hamlet's father. It was just Laurence Olivier himself with his voice altered. Amusingly enough he would later play the ghost twice more.
* NoStuntDouble: The final scene to be filmed was the famous shot of Creator/LaurenceOlivier jumping off a high tower onto Claudius and killing him, because it was considered to be so dangerous that it was feared that Olivier would injure himself too badly performing the stunt to film any other scenes. Olivier emerged uninjured from the leap, but the stuntman doubling as Claudius was knocked out from the impact and lost two teeth.
* TheOtherMarty: Stanley Holloway was an 11th-hour choice; the actor who was supposed to play the grave digger, F.J. [=McCormick=], died shortly before filming.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: The reason the film is in black and white? Laurence Olivier claims "I was in the middle of a furious row with Technicolor."
* RealitySubtext: Basil Sydney plays Claudius, who is seen as a usurper of Hamlet's throne. He had played Hamlet himself back in the 20s.
* RoleReprise: Eileen Herlie had actually played the role of Gertrude on the stage before.
* StarMakingRole: Jean Simmons was relatively unknown beforehand, having only had supporting parts in ''Film/BlackNarcissus'' and ''Literature/GreatExpectations''. Her Oscar nominated performance as Ophelia led to a very prolific career in Hollywood.
* ThoseTwoActors:
** This was the first of 24 films in which Creator/ChristopherLee (Spear Carrier) and Creator/PeterCushing (Osric) both appeared.
** Laurence Olivier and Felix Aylmer had starred together in film versions of ''Theatre/AsYouLikeIt'' and ''Theatre/HenryV''. John Laurie (Francisco) also starred in all of Laurence Olivier's Shakespeare films.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Creator/VivienLeigh, who was married to Creator/LaurenceOlivier at the time, wanted to play Ophelia but Olivier felt she was too famous, and cast the relatively unknown Creator/JeanSimmons instead.
** Many actresses reportedly turned down the role of Gertrude because of "age concerns".
** Claire Bloom auditioned for the role of Ophelia. She would later get to play Lady Anne in ''Theatre/RichardIII'', Laurence Olivier's final Shakespeare film (directed by him anyway) and play Gertrude opposite of Derek Jacobi in a television adaptation of ''Hamlet'' in 1980.
* UsefulNotes/BFITop100BritishFilms: #69
* DawsonCasting: Creator/LaurenceOlivier was 41 when he played the title role. Eileen Herlie, who played Gertrude, was 30. The former was actually a pragmatic choice; with Creator/OrsonWelles adapting ''Macbeth'' and also prepping for his version of ''{{Theatre/Othello}}'', ''Hamlet'' was the only other option and he had to cast himself as the lead to secure funding.
* DirectedByCastmember: Laurence Olivier naturally played Hamlet, his father and was director.
* DuelingWorks: With Orson Welles's ''{{Theatre/Macbeth}}''. Laurence Olivier had planned to adapt that but changed to ''Hamlet'' when he realised the other one would come out first.
* {{Jossed}}: For years it was suspected that Creator/JohnGielgud was the voice of Hamlet's father. It was just Laurence Olivier himself with his voice altered. Amusingly enough he would later play the ghost twice more.
* NoStuntDouble: The final scene to be filmed was the famous shot of Creator/LaurenceOlivier jumping off a high tower onto Claudius and killing him, because it was considered to be so dangerous that it was feared that Olivier would injure himself too badly performing the stunt to film any other scenes. Olivier emerged uninjured from the leap, but the stuntman doubling as Claudius was knocked out from the impact and lost two teeth.
* TheOtherMarty: Stanley Holloway was an 11th-hour choice; the actor who was supposed to play the grave digger, F.J. [=McCormick=], died shortly before filming.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: The reason the film is in black and white? Laurence Olivier claims "I was in the middle of a furious row with Technicolor."
* RealitySubtext: Basil Sydney plays Claudius, who is seen as a usurper of Hamlet's throne. He had played Hamlet himself back in the 20s.
* RoleReprise: Eileen Herlie had actually played the role of Gertrude on the stage before.
* StarMakingRole: Jean Simmons was relatively unknown beforehand, having only had supporting parts in ''Film/BlackNarcissus'' and ''Literature/GreatExpectations''. Her Oscar nominated performance as Ophelia led to a very prolific career in Hollywood.
* ThoseTwoActors:
** This was the first of 24 films in which Creator/ChristopherLee (Spear Carrier) and Creator/PeterCushing (Osric) both appeared.
** Laurence Olivier and Felix Aylmer had starred together in film versions of ''Theatre/AsYouLikeIt'' and ''Theatre/HenryV''. John Laurie (Francisco) also starred in all of Laurence Olivier's Shakespeare films.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Creator/VivienLeigh, who was married to Creator/LaurenceOlivier at the time, wanted to play Ophelia but Olivier felt she was too famous, and cast the relatively unknown Creator/JeanSimmons instead.
** Many actresses reportedly turned down the role of Gertrude because of "age concerns".
** Claire Bloom auditioned for the role of Ophelia. She would later get to play Lady Anne in ''Theatre/RichardIII'', Laurence Olivier's final Shakespeare film (directed by him anyway) and play Gertrude opposite of Derek Jacobi in a television adaptation of ''Hamlet'' in 1980.
