Pictured above is Hamlet talking with Claudius and Gertrude during the opening scene. There's a stark contrast in the white costumes of the king and queen compared to Hamlet dressed in sombre black.

In his first appearance, stood between Claudius and Polonius, Hamlet looked trapped ... She seemed, at first a woman of tense strength, but slowly her self control snapped. Here she is pictured ...

Hamlet (Sir Kenneth Branagh), son of the King of Denmark (Brian Blessed), is summoned home for his father's funeral and his mother Gertrude's (Julie Christie's) wedding to his uncle Claudius (Sir ...