Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1991)
Comedy · Drama
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.
Cast
- Gary Oldman as Rosencrantz
- Tim Roth as Guildenstern
- Richard Dreyfuss as The Player
- Iain Glen as Hamlet
- Ian Richardson as Polonius
- Donald Sumpter as Claudius
- Joanna Miles as Gertrude
- Joanna Roth as Ophelia
- John Burgess as Ambassador from England
- Livio Badurina as Tragedian (Alfred)