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Nicholas Farrell (Hamlet) would later play Horatio in Hamlet (1996).
The construction of the interiors of the "Elsinore Castle" set (actually Blenheim Palace) cost $2 million. The exteriors are simply the exteriors of the palace and had already been standing since 1784.
The cast includes two Oscar winners: Mel Gibson and Paul Scofield; and five Oscar nominees: Glenn Close, Sir Alan Bates, Helena Bonham Carter, Sir Ian Holm, and Pete Postlethwaite.