
Feature film — 1991
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1991)
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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THIRTEEN / Brandenberg
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Director: Tom Stoppard
On screen
Cast & crew

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
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Tomislav Maretic
Tragedian
Mare Mlacnik
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