Director/star Laurence Olivier affirmed his standing as one of the greatest living actors with his tour-de-force performance as William Shakespeare's Melancholy Dane in this Oscar-winning tragedy, the first sound production of the play and the first British film to win Best Picture. Prince Hamlet suffers through existential struggles after he ascertains that his deceased father, King Hamlet, was a victim of the royal machinations of his brother Claudius (Basil Sydney), now the husband of Hamlet's mother. Co-stars Jean Simmons, Anthony Quayle, Peter Cushing, Stanley Holloway. 153 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono. Region Free