Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

Feb 8, 1991

1h 57m

★ 6.9

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

Overview

Rosencrantz and Guildensterm, 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.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Thirteen

Brandenberg

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Cast

Rosencrantz

Gary Oldman

Guildenstern

Tim Roth

The Player

Richard Dreyfuss

Hamlet

Iain Glen

Polonius

Ian Richardson

Claudius

Donald Sumpter

Gertrude

Joanna Miles

Ophelia

Joanna Roth

Ambassador from England

John Burgess

Tragedian (Alfred)

Livio Badurina

Tragedian

Tomislav Maretic

Tragedian

Mare Mlacnik

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