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** A gravedigger is played by Creator/StanleyHolloway, who would later be best known for playing Alfred P. Doolittle in ''Film/MyFairLady''.
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* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: As noted above, cutting Rosencrantz and Guildernstern out of the story was met with criticism over the years. Laurence Olivier's defences that she the story needed drastic cuts to shorten the run time were refuted when the Creator/FrancoZeffirelli 1990 version included them and remained a shorter length.
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* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: As noted above, cutting Rosencrantz and Guildernstern out of the story was met with criticism over the years. Laurence Olivier's defences that she story needed drastic cuts to shorten the run time were refuted when the Franco Zeffirelli Creator/FrancoZeffirelli 1990 version included them and remained a shorter length.
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* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: Critics over the years have slated the film for cutting Rosencrantz and Guildernstern, robbing the story of its comic relief and thereby making it a bit too dark and bleak.
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: Jean Simmons' heartbreaking performance as Ophelia got her a Best Supporting Actress nomination at the Oscars, and led to a very prolific career in Hollywood. She was mostly unknown at this point
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* AudienceColoringAdaptation: For years, this was seen as the definitive version. The titular character has often been played by older actors, following the lead of Creator/LaurenceOlivier - when the prince's age in the original text is vague but under thirty for sure.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: Both Creator/ChristopherLee and Creator/PeterCushing have small roles in the film, and this marks their first collaboration together before ''Film/TheCurseOfFrankenstein''.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: Both Creator/ChristopherLee and Creator/PeterCushing have small roles in the film, and this marks their first collaboration together before ''Film/CurseOfFrankenstein''.
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* UnbuiltTrope: Ironically for PlayingGertrude (Laurence Olivier was 41, Eileen Herlie was 30) and traditions of casting actresses far too young to be mothers - this happened in works like ''Film/GoneWithTheWind'' too but this film is the TropeNamer. This casting was forced by ExecutiveMeddling; the studio would only allow ''Hamlet'' to be made if Laurence Olivier played the lead.
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* AudienceColoringAdaptation: For years, this was seen as the definitive version of ''Hamlet''. The titular character has often been played by older actors, following the lead of Laurence Olivier - when the prince's age in the original text is vague but under thirty for sure.
* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: Critics over the years have slated the film for cutting Rosencrantz and Guildernstern, robbing the story of its comic relief and thereby making it a bit too dark and bleak.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Jean Simmons's heartbreaking performance as Ophelia got her a Best Supporting Actress nomination at the Oscars, and led to a very prolific career in Hollywood. She was mostly unknown at this point
* RetroactiveRecognition: Both Creator/ChristopherLee and Creator/PeterCushing have small roles in the film, and this marks their first collaboration together before ''Film/CurseOfFrankenstein''.
* {{Squick}}: This version really plays up the Oedipus complex Hamlet has towards his mother, and the fact that the actress is actually younger just makes it more disturbing.
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: As noted above, cutting Rosencrantz and Guildernstern out of the story was met with criticism over the years. Laurence Olivier's defences that she story needed drastic cuts to shorten the run time were refuted when the Franco Zeffirelli 1990 version included them and remained a shorter length.
* ToughActToFollow: Believe it or not, some critics felt that while a good film, it didn't measure up to Laurence Olivier's adaptation of ''Theatre/HenryV'' - which had come four years previously.
* UnbuiltTrope: Ironically for PlayingGertrude (Laurence Olivier was 41, Eileen Herlie was 30) and traditions of casting actresses far too young to be mothers - this happened in works like ''Film/GoneWithTheWind'' too but this film is the TropeNamer. This casting was forced by ExecutiveMeddling; the studio would only allow ''Hamlet'' to be made if Laurence Olivier played the lead.
* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: Critics over the years have slated the film for cutting Rosencrantz and Guildernstern, robbing the story of its comic relief and thereby making it a bit too dark and bleak.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Jean Simmons's heartbreaking performance as Ophelia got her a Best Supporting Actress nomination at the Oscars, and led to a very prolific career in Hollywood. She was mostly unknown at this point
* RetroactiveRecognition: Both Creator/ChristopherLee and Creator/PeterCushing have small roles in the film, and this marks their first collaboration together before ''Film/CurseOfFrankenstein''.
* {{Squick}}: This version really plays up the Oedipus complex Hamlet has towards his mother, and the fact that the actress is actually younger just makes it more disturbing.
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: As noted above, cutting Rosencrantz and Guildernstern out of the story was met with criticism over the years. Laurence Olivier's defences that she story needed drastic cuts to shorten the run time were refuted when the Franco Zeffirelli 1990 version included them and remained a shorter length.
* ToughActToFollow: Believe it or not, some critics felt that while a good film, it didn't measure up to Laurence Olivier's adaptation of ''Theatre/HenryV'' - which had come four years previously.
* UnbuiltTrope: Ironically for PlayingGertrude (Laurence Olivier was 41, Eileen Herlie was 30) and traditions of casting actresses far too young to be mothers - this happened in works like ''Film/GoneWithTheWind'' too but this film is the TropeNamer. This casting was forced by ExecutiveMeddling; the studio would only allow ''Hamlet'' to be made if Laurence Olivier played the lead.
