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Feature film — 1991

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1991)

6.91h 57mComedy — Drama

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.

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A high-signal pick with 336 votes.

THIRTEEN / Brandenberg

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Director: Tom Stoppard

On screen

Cast & crew

Gary Oldman as Rosencrantz

Gary Oldman

Rosencrantz

Tim Roth as Guildenstern

Tim Roth

Guildenstern

Richard Dreyfuss as The Player

Richard Dreyfuss

The Player

Iain Glen as Hamlet

Iain Glen

Hamlet

Ian Richardson as Polonius

Ian Richardson

Polonius

Donald Sumpter as Claudius

Donald Sumpter

Claudius

Joanna Miles as Gertrude

Joanna Miles

Gertrude

J

Joanna Roth

Ophelia

J

John Burgess

Ambassador from England

Livio Badurina as Tragedian (Alfred)

Livio Badurina

Tragedian (Alfred)

T

Tomislav Maretic

Tragedian

M

Mare Mlacnik

Tragedian

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