Film

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

1991 · 1h 57m · Comedy · Drama

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

IMDb

7.3

Rotten Tomatoes

61%

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.

Gary Oldman

Rosencrantz

Tim Roth

Guildenstern

Richard Dreyfuss

The Player

Iain Glen

Hamlet

Ian Richardson

Polonius

Donald Sumpter

Claudius

Joanna Miles

Gertrude

Joanna Roth

Ophelia

John Burgess

Ambassador from England

Livio Badurina

Tragedian (Alfred)

Tomislav Maretic

Tragedian

Mare Mlacnik

Tragedian

Serge Soric

Tragedian

Mladen Vasary

Tragedian

Željko Vukmirica

Tragedian

Branko Završan

Tragedian

• Tom StoppardDirector · Writer
• Michael BrandmanProducer
• Emanuel AzenbergProducer
• Thomas J. RizzoExecutive Producer
• Louise StephensExecutive Producer
• Peter BiziouDirector of Photography
• Stanley MyersOriginal Music Composer
• Nicolas GasterEditor
• Doreen JonesCasting

Release date

February 8, 1991

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 57m

Rated

PG

Budget

$2,500,000

Revenue

$805,104

Genres

Comedy, Drama

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