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title: "Hamlet: cast and crew"
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cast: 28
crew: 25
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# Hamlet (1990): cast and crew

28 cast and 25 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Mel Gibson](https://film.one/person/mel-gibson.md) as Hamlet
- [Glenn Close](https://film.one/person/glenn-close.md) as Gertrude
- [Alan Bates](https://film.one/person/alan-bates.md) as Claudius
- [Paul Scofield](https://film.one/person/paul-scofield.md) as The Ghost
- [Ian Holm](https://film.one/person/ian-holm.md) as Polonius
- [Helena Bonham Carter](https://film.one/person/helena-bonham-carter.md) as Ophelia
- [Stephen Dillane](https://film.one/person/stephen-dillane.md) as Horatio
- [Nathaniel Parker](https://film.one/person/nathaniel-parker.md) as Laertes
- [Sean Murray](https://film.one/person/sean-murray-1571133.md) as Guildenstern
- [Michael Maloney](https://film.one/person/michael-maloney.md) as Rosencrantz
- [Trevor Peacock](https://film.one/person/trevor-peacock.md) as The Gravedigger
- [John McEnery](https://film.one/person/john-mcenery.md) as Osric
- [Richard Warwick](https://film.one/person/richard-warwick.md) as Bernardo
- Christien Anholt as Marcellus
- Dave Duffy as Francisco
- [Vernon Dobtcheff](https://film.one/person/vernon-dobtcheff.md) as Reynaldo
- [Pete Postlethwaite](https://film.one/person/pete-postlethwaite.md) as Player King
- [Christopher Fairbank](https://film.one/person/christopher-fairbank.md) as Player Queen
- Sarah Phillips as The Players
- Ned Mendez as The Players
- Roy York as The Players
- Marjorie Bell as The Players
- Justin Case as The Players
- Roger Low as The Players
- Pamela Sinclair as The Players
- Baby Simon Sinclair as The Players
- Roy Evans as The Players
- Lance Edwards as Guard (uncredited)

## Directing

- [Franco Zeffirelli](https://film.one/person/franco-zeffirelli.md): Director
- Cliff Lanning: Third Assistant Director

## Writing

- [Christopher De Vore](https://film.one/person/christopher-de-vore.md): Screenplay
- [Franco Zeffirelli](https://film.one/person/franco-zeffirelli.md): Screenplay
- William Shakespeare: Author

## Production

- [Bruce Davey](https://film.one/person/bruce-davey.md): Executive Producer
- [Dyson Lovell](https://film.one/person/dyson-lovell.md): Producer
- Joyce Nettles: Casting

## Camera

- [David Watkin](https://film.one/person/david-watkin.md): Director of Photography

## Editing

- [Richard Marden](https://film.one/person/richard-marden.md): Editor

## Sound and music

- [Ennio Morricone](https://film.one/person/ennio-morricone.md): Original Music Composer

## Art

- [Dante Ferretti](https://film.one/person/dante-ferretti.md): Production Design
- [Franco Ceraolo](https://film.one/person/franco-ceraolo.md): Art Direction
- [Michael Lamont](https://film.one/person/michael-lamont.md): Supervising Art Director
- Jim Morahan: Art Direction
- Antonio Tarolla: Art Direction
- Alan Tomkins: Art Direction
- Francesca Lo Schiavo: Set Decoration
- Maurice Binder: Title Designer

## Costume and make-up

- [Maurizio Millenotti](https://film.one/person/maurizio-millenotti.md): Costume Design
- Lois Burwell: Makeup Artist
- Eric Allwright: Makeup Artist
- Alberta Giuliani: Hairstylist
- Jean-Luc Russier: Makeup Artist

## Lighting

- Chuck Finch: Gaffer

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