Movie

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

★ 6.9/10 · 332 votes 1991 1h 57m Released

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.

Cast

Gary Oldman Rosencrantz Tim Roth Guildenstern Richard Dreyfuss The Player Iain Glen Hamlet Ian Richardson Polonius Donald Sumpter Claudius