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.
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
“A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself.”
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.
Director
Tom Stoppard
Budget
2.5M
Revenue
805.1K
Status
Released
Production
Thirteen, Brandenberg
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
Livio Badurina
Tragedian (Alfred)
Tomislav Maretic
Tragedian
Mare Mlacnik
Tragedian
Serge Soric
Tragedian
Mladen Vasary
Tragedian
Željko Vukmirica
Tragedian
Branko Završan
Tragedian
Ljubo Zečević
Osric
Sven Medvešek
Laertes
Vili Matula
Horatio
