Gary OldmanRosencrantzSavaraTV movie
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.
ComedyDrama
Starring
Gary Oldman, Tim Roth, Richard Dreyfuss
Directed by
Tom Stoppard
About
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
ComedyDrama
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.
A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself.
Information
- Released
- Feb 8, 1991
- Runtime
- 1h 57m
- Status
- Released
Language & origin
- Original audio
- English
- Country
- GB, US
- Rating
- PG
- Directed by
- Tom Stoppard
Production
- Studio
- Thirteen
- Studio
- Brandenberg
Cast
People in this story
Gary OldmanRosencrantz
Tim RothGuildenstern
Richard DreyfussThe Player
Iain GlenHamlet
Ian RichardsonPolonius
Donald SumpterClaudius
Joanna MilesGertrude
Livio BadurinaTragedian (Alfred)Metadata and artwork discovery powered by TMDB.