Kaleidoscope Film Distribution has released the film adaptation of Hamlet starring Ian McKellen onto YouTube.
Directed by Sean Mathias (Frank and Percy, Bent), the adaptation was produced by the late Bill Kenwright’s BK Studios, who recently produced McKellen in new film The Critic.
Producer Bill Kenwright sadly died in October 2023, aged 78.
The movie was originally released in UK cinemas in February 2023.
Watch Hamlet starring Ian McKellen
McKellen reprises his lead role as Hamlet, and co-stars with the stage cast of the 2021 Theatre Royal Windsor production of the play, including Frances Barber (The Unfriend, King Lear, The Seagull), Jonathan Hyde (King Lear, Titanic, Crimson Peak), Jenny Seagrove (Local Hero, Woman of Substance), Steven Berkoff (Vikings, A Clockwork Orange) and BAFTA-winner Francesca Annis (Jane Eyre, Wives and Daughters).
Watch the trailer for Hamlet
The movie was shot at the Theatre Royal Windsor, owned by Bill Kenwright Productions, and utilises nearly every room of the theatre to transform it into Elsinore Castle, from basement dungeon to rooftop battlements.
The movie is executive produced by David Gilbery (The Lost Daughter) and Naomi George (My Pure Land).
Photos: Hamlet starring Ian McKellen
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