Hamlet (Olivier) has a relationship with his mother, Gertrude ( Eileen Herlie) that's steeped in subtext. But it all feels dramatic rather than violent or scary. During some of the sword fighting scenes, blood is depicted and some characters die after being poisoned. A character dies by suicide - drowning - but this is shown in abstract form.
A key theme of the movie is death, and while very little is depicted graphically, characters talk about it consistently, and several are killed both on and off screen. There are few positive messages from the movie, with characters motivated by revenge and power. While there is no profanity - apart from "damn" and "God" - the dialogue is often hard to follow for those unfamiliar with Shakespearean plays. The language of the film is entirely based on Shakespeare's work. Claudius, on the pretext that Hamlet will be endangered by his subjects for the murder of Polonius, sends the Prince to England.Parents need to know that this 1948 Oscar-winning version of Hamlet is based on William Shakespeare's classic play and is both directed and stars Laurence Olivier. Thinking a concealed spy in his mother's chamber to be the lurking Claudius, he mistakenly kills the meddling counselor, Polonius, father of Ophelia and Laertes. In a visit with his mother, Hamlet expresses his anger and disappointment concerning her swiftly untimed marriage. Seeking revenge, Hamlet re-creates the monstrous deed in a play with the help of some travelling actors to torment the conscience of the evil Claudius.
Hamlet, son of the murdered King, mournful of his father's death and mother's hasty marriage, is confronted by the ghost of the late King who reveals the manner of his murder. Claudius, brother to the King, conniving with the Queen, poisons the monarch and seizes the throne, taking the widowed Gertrude for his bride. William Shakespeare's tale of tragedy of murder and revenge in the royal halls of medieval Denmark.
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