

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. Franco Zeffirellis adaptation of Shakespeares tragedy about the young prince of Denmark who is plagued by indecision when he vows. 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.
