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Hamlet

Duration: 2 hours, 20 minutes

on BBC Four

Russian film adaptation of Shakespeare's play, featuring a score by Shostakovich. Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, learns of his father's murder by his uncle and plots revenge. Show more

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