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Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

United Kingdom

PG
1991-02-08(US)
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Comedy,
Drama
▪ 1h-57m

69^%

User
Score

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

Overview

Rosencrantz and Guildensterm, 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.

Tom StoppardDirector
Tom StoppardWriter
Iris MerlisCo-Producer
Patrick WhitleyCo-Producer
Louise StephensExecutive Producer
Thomas J. RizzoExecutive Producer

Top Billed Cast

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

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A review by Filipe Manuel Neto

4.0

Written by Filipe Manuel Neto on 2023-10-06

**Rosencrantz and Guildenstern must remain in the theater.** This film is perhaps the proof that not all successful plays are good enough to work in the cinema. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are two characters from “Hamlet”, by William Shakespeare, but it is difficult for anyone to remember them without being very kn...

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