Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

Comedy · 1991 · 1h 57m

Movie

6.9/10 · TMDB

A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself.

Overview

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, minor characters from the play 'Hamlet', find themselves on the road to Elsinore Castle at the behest of the King of Denmark. The duo encounter a band of players before arriving to find that they are needed to try to discern what troubles the prince Hamlet. Meanwhile, they ponder the meaning of their existence.

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Cast & crew

Gary OldmanRosencrantz
Tim RothGuildenstern
Richard DreyfussThe Player
Iain GlenHamlet
Ian RichardsonPolonius
Donald SumpterClaudius
Joanna MilesGertrude
Joanna RothOphelia
John BurgessAmbassador from England
Livio BadurinaTragedian (Alfred)
Tomislav MareticTragedian
Mare MlacnikTragedian
Serge SoricTragedian
Mladen VasaryTragedian
Željko VukmiricaTragedian

Information

Release date
8 February 1991
Director
Tom Stoppard
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Runtime
1h 57m
Country of origin
United Kingdom, United States

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