He instead confronts Gertrude about the matter of his father's death and Claudius' treachery. However, at this time, Claudius is praying, and Hamlet does not seek to send him to heaven, so, he waits, and bides his time. He finds Claudius alone, and has ample opportunity to kill the villain. Hamlet is now convinced of Claudius' treachery. Claudius, unable to endure the play, calls out for light, and retires to his room. However, Hamlet makes a few alterations to the play, so as to make it mirror the circumstances of the late King's murder. Hamlet then hires a group of wandering stage performers, requesting that they enact the play 'The Murder of Gonzago' for the king. Hamlet's "madness" is constant even in this exchange, and Claudius is convinced. Claudius, however, is not fully convinced, and has Polonius set up a meeting between Hamlet and Ophelia. Polonius pushes this point with the King, claiming that it is derived from Hamlet's love for Ophelia (Jean Simmons), Polonius' daughter. This feigned insanity attracts the attention of Claudius chief advisor Polonius (Felix Aylmer) who is completely convinced that Hamlet has gone mad.
Hamlet does not at first accept this as the truth, and then prepares to feign madness, so as to test Claudius' conscience, without jumping to conclusions. Claudius is seen pouring poison into the late King Hamlet's ear, thereby killing him.
The audience then sees the murder re-enacted in a flashback as the ghost describes the deed. He tells Hamlet that he was murdered, who did it, and how it was done. Noting that the ghost beckons him forward, Hamlet follows it up onto a tower, wherein it reveals its identity as the Ghost of Hamlet's father. Hamlet proceeds to investigate with them, and upon arriving on the battlements, sees the ghost. When the court has left the Great Hall, the alone and brooding Hamlet fumes over the hasty marriage, muttering to himself the words "and yet, within a month!" Soon, Horatio and the sentries enter telling Hamlet of the ghostly apparition of his father. Prince Hamlet (Laurence Olivier) sits alone, refusing to join in the celebration, despite the protests of the new King. Inside the Great Hall of the castle, the court is celebrating the marriage of Gertrude (Eileen Herlie) and King Claudius (Basil Sydney) old King Hamlet has died apparently of an accidental snakebite, and his wife, Gertrude, has, within a month of the tragedy, married the late King's brother. Suddenly, all three see the Ghost, and Horatio demands that the ghost speak. Marcellus then arrives with the skeptical Horatio (Norman Wooland), Prince Hamlet's friend. Set in the 15th Century Denmark, the action begins on the battlements of Elsinore, the royal Danish castle and residence of the Danish royal family, where a sentry, Francisco (John Laurie), is relieved of his watch (and questioned if he has seen anything) by another sentry, Bernardo (Esmond Knight), who, with yet another sentry, Marcellus (Anthony Quayle), has twice previously seen the Ghost of King Hamlet. This film follows the overall story of the original play, but cuts nearly half the dialogue and leaves out two major characters.The synopsis below may give away important plot points. Claudius, on the pretext that Hamlet will be endangered by his subjects for the murder of Polonius, sends the Prince to England. 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. Prince Hamlet struggles over whether or not he should kill his uncle, whom he suspects has murdered his father, the former king.
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