Movie
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1991-02-08
- Runtime
- 117 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Thirteen, Brandenberg
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Gary Oldman as Rosencrantz
- Tim Roth as Guildenstern
- Richard Dreyfuss as The Player
- Iain Glen as Hamlet
- Ian Richardson as Polonius
- Donald Sumpter as Claudius
- Joanna Miles as Gertrude
- Joanna Roth as Ophelia
- John Burgess as Ambassador from England
- Livio Badurina as Tragedian (Alfred)
- Tomislav Maretic as Tragedian
- Mare Mlacnik as Tragedian
Crew
- Tom Stoppard - Director
- Tom Stoppard - Writer
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