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Franco Zeffirelli directs his third Shakespeare adaptation (after Romeo and Juliet and Otello) with this film version of the tragedy Hamlet. The titular prince of Denmark (Mel Gibson), returns home to his family's castle of Elsinore after years of attending school in Germany to find out his father has died and his uncle .. Read more
| Starring | Mel Gibson, Glenn Close, Alan Bates, Paul Scofield |
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| Director | Franco Zeffirelli |
| Genres | Drama |
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