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Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

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

1991★ 6.9 · 3251h 57mComedyDrama

Overview

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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Cast

Gary Oldman
as Rosencrantz

Tim Roth
as Guildenstern

Iain Glen
as Hamlet

Richard Dreyfuss
as The Player

Donald Sumpter
as Claudius

Ian Richardson
as Polonius

Joanna Miles
as Gertrude

Joanna Roth
as Ophelia

Mladen Vasary
as Tragedian

John Burgess
as Ambassador from England

Sven Medvešek
as Laertes

Vili Matula
as Horatio

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Release date: 1991-02-08

Budget: $2,500,000

Revenue: $805,104

Runtime: 1h 57m

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ComedyDrama

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