Hamlet (1954)
Note: this print runs 118 minutes against a recorded 140 minutes. It is the best copy we have found; we keep looking for a complete print.
With Kishore Sahu, Mala Sinha, S. Nazir, Jankidas, Hiralal
Directed by Kishore Sahu
Hamlet (Urdu: हेमलेट) is a 1954 Hindi tragedy drama film, produced and directed by Kishore Sahu. The film was a free adaptation of Shakespeare's tragedy, with Sahu playing Hamlet as well as writing the screenplay, while the dialogue was by Amanat Hilal and B. D. Verma. It was produced by Hindustan Chitra, a production company started by Sahu in 1944. It was Ramesh Naidu's first film as a music composer. The film starred Mala Sinha, Kishore Sahu, Venus Banerji, Kamaljeet and Jankidas.
Synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Streaming from YouTube.
▶ Watch HamletSaved films live in this browser, no account needed. See your list.
More from POST-WAR
![[News Footage 1954: Can 4]](https://archive.org/services/img/203394_News_Footage_1954_Can_4)
More from the 1950s
FAQ
Where can I watch Hamlet for free?
Hamlet streams free on MOVIE REWIND, with no ads, no account and no algorithm. Press play and it runs straight through, all 1h 58m of it.
What year is Hamlet from?
Hamlet dates from 1954, directed by Kishore Sahu. On MOVIE REWIND it plays on the POST-WAR channel.
Is Hamlet in the public domain?
MOVIE REWIND indexes films that are in the public domain or made freely available on YouTube by their rights holders. Every title is health-checked, so if a copy is pulled it drops out of the rotation.
MOVIE REWIND is free and always will be: no ads, no account, no algorithm. It is kept running by one person, and the catalogue and all of its metadata are given away under CC0. If it showed you something worth watching, you can chip in.
Buy the archivist a coffee