

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
1991 · Movie · 1h 57m · PG
ComedyDrama
"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.
Ratings
IMDb
7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes
60%
Key crew
- Tom StoppardDirector
- Tom StoppardWriter
- Stanley MyersOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- 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
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Themes
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