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Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

(1991)

February 8, 1991 1h 57m
69%
TMDB Score

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.

Tom Stoppard

Director

Top Billed Cast

GO

Gary Oldman

Rosencrantz

TR

Tim Roth

Guildenstern

RD

Richard Dreyfuss

The Player

IG

Iain Glen

Hamlet

IR

Ian Richardson

Polonius

DS

Donald Sumpter

Claudius

JM

Joanna Miles

Gertrude

JR

Joanna Roth

Ophelia

JB

John Burgess

Ambassador from England

LB

Livio Badurina

Tragedian (Alfred)