3 Movies Starring Esmond Knight

Hamlet

Hamlet

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1948-08-12

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

155 min

Rated:

UNRATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.9 (10751 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

William Shakespeare's tale of tragedy of murder and revenge in the royal halls of medieval Denmark. Claudius, brother to the King, conniving with the Queen, poisons the monarch and seizes the throne, taking the widowed Gertrude for his bride. 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. Seeking revenge, Hamlet recreates the monstrous deed in a play with the help of some traveling actors to torment the conscience of the evil Claudius. In a visit with his mother, Hamlet expresses his anger and disappointment concerning her swiftly untimed marriage. 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. Claudius, on the pretext that Hamlet will be endangered by his subjects for the murder of Polonius, sends the prince to England.

The River

The River

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1951-12-19

Languages:

English, Bengali

Countries:

France, UK, India, USA

Runtime:

99 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (3795 Reviews)

Director:

Jean Renoir

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

Rumer Godden (novel)

Rumer Godden (screenplay)

Jean Renoir (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Three teenage girls are living in Bengal (India) near a big river : Harriet is the oldest child of a big family of English settlers. Valerie is the unique daughter of an American industrialist. Melanie has an American father and an Indian mother. One day, a man arrives. He will be the first love of the three girls.

The Element of Crime

The Element of Crime

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1984-05-14

Languages:

English, Arabic

Countries:

Denmark

Runtime:

104 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (6754 Reviews)

Director:

Lars von Trier

Cast:

Writer:

Niels Vèrsel

William Quarshie (dialogue translation)

Stephen Wakelam (dialogue translation)

Lars von Trier

Fullplot:

Fisher, an ex-cop, returns to his old beat somewhere in northern Europe after a thirteen-year hiatus in Cairo. His former mentor and role model, author of a treatise called "The Element of Crime", asks him to solve a series of murders involving lottery ticket sellers. Guided by the theories put forth in the book, Fischer retraces the steps of a suspect, Harry Grey, as recorded in a three-year-old police surveillance report.

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