Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
“A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself.”
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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Gary Oldman
Rosencrantz
Known for
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Tim Roth
Guildenstern
Known for
Reservoir Dogs
The Incredible Hulk
Richard Dreyfuss
The Player
Known for
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Jaws
Iain Glen
Hamlet
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Ian Richardson
Polonius
Known for
From Hell
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Donald Sumpter
Claudius
Known for
Chernobyl
Game of Thrones
Joanna Miles
Gertrude
Known for
Judge Dredd
Bug
Joanna Roth
Ophelia
Known for
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Sliding Doors
John Burgess
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Sakharov
Livio Badurina
Tragedian (Alfred)
Known for
Sore: A Wife from the Future
Tomislav Maretic
Tragedian
Mare Mlacnik
Tragedian
No other roles listed
Tom Stoppard Director · William Shakespeare Author Stanley Myers Composer
Worldwide gross $805K · Budget $2.5M · United States release February 8, 1991
Box office
Budget
$2,500,000
Worldwide gross
$805,104
Gross vs. budget
0.3×
Production
THIRTEEN
Production
Brandenberg
Production
WNET / THIRTEEN
Production
United Kingdom · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Italy · September 10, 1990
Premiere · Venice Film Festival
United States · February 8, 1991
Theatrical
United States · August 7, 1991
Physical · Buena Vista Home Video #1118 [VHS] 117 minutes
Canada
September 12, 1990 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
France
March 6, 1991 · Theatrical
Germany
March 6, 1991 · Theatrical
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