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Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
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.
1991 · Directed by Tom Stoppard · 117 min · Comedy · Drama · 24 frames
Tagline
A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself.
Crew
- Written by: Tom Stoppard
- Cinematography: Peter Biziou
- Edited by: Nicolas Gaster
- Music: Stanley Myers
- Production design: Vaughan Edwards
- Produced by: Michael Brandman, Emanuel Azenberg
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)
Production
- Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Thirteen, Brandenberg
- Budget: $2,500,000
- Box office: $805,104
- Themes: based on play or musical, fate, existentialism, hamlet, tragicomedy
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