A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself.
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.
- 6.9
- 1991
- Released
- 1h 57m
Gary Oldman
Rosencrantz
Tim Roth
Guildenstern
Richard Dreyfuss
The Player
Iain Glen
Hamlet
Ian Richardson
Polonius
Donald Sumpter
Claudius
Joanna Miles
Gertrude
Joanna Roth
OpheliaJohn Burgess
Ambassador from England
Livio Badurina
Tragedian (Alfred)Tomislav Maretic
TragedianMare Mlacnik
TragedianSerge Soric
TragedianMladen Vasary
Tragedian
Željko Vukmirica
Tragedian
Branko Završan
Tragedian
Ljubo Zečević
Osric
Sven Medvešek
LaertesVili Matula
HoratioReleased
en
$2,500,000.00
$805,104.00
- #based on play or musical
- #fate
- #existentialism
- #hamlet
- #tragicomedy
- #william shakespeare
- #dark humor
Reviews
**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 knowledgeable about the literary work in question. They really barely matter to th