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Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

"A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself."

1991-02-08 Comedy 1hr 57m

Two minor characters from the play "Hamlet" stumble around unaware of their scripted lives and unable to deviate from them.

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Storyline

Two minor characters from the play "Hamlet" stumble around unaware of their scripted lives and unable to deviate from them.

  • Released
    1991-02-08
  • Revenue
    n/a
  • Budget
    n/a
  • Runtime
    1hr 57m
  • Genre
    Comedy, Drama
  • Status
    Released
  • Language
    English
  • imdb-logo
    7.3
  • Production
    Thirteen, Brandenberg

Crew

Tom Stoppard
Director
Tom Stoppard
Writer
Emanuel Azenberg
Producer
Keywords:
fate existentialism

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Cast

Gary Oldman

Gary Oldman
Rosencrantz
Tim Roth

Tim Roth
Guildenstern
Richard Dreyfuss

Richard Dreyfuss
The Player
Iain Glen

Iain Glen
Hamlet
Ian Richardson

Ian Richardson
Polonius
Donald Sumpter

Donald Sumpter
Claudius
Joanna Miles

Joanna Miles
Gertrude
Joanna Roth

Joanna Roth
Ophelia
John Burgess

John Burgess
Ambassador from England
Livio Badurina

Livio Badurina
Tragedian (Alfred)
Tomislav Maretic

Tomislav Maretic
Tragedian
Mare Mlacnik

Mare Mlacnik
Tragedian
Serge Soric

Serge Soric
Tragedian
Mladen Vasary

Mladen Vasary
Tragedian
Željko Vukmirica

Željko Vukmirica
Tragedian
Branko Završan

Branko Završan
Tragedian
Ljubo Zečević

Ljubo Zečević
Osric
Sven Medvešek

Sven Medvešek
Laertes
Vili Matula

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Reviews for Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
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A Review by FilipeManuelNeto 4

Written by FilipeManuelNeto on 2023-10-06

**Rosencrantz and Guildenstern must remain in the theater.** This film is perhaps the proof that not all successful plays are good enough... read more

**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 the action. Here, they are the main actors, and we are invited, in a way, to see things through their eyes. In theater, this is interesting. In the cinema, and for a general audience that doesn't know “Hamlet” so well, this doesn't seem like a good idea. Gary Oldman and Tim Roth brought the main roles to life with great panache and value, and the film ends up not being an absolute waste of time thanks to these two magnificent and valuable actors, full of talent. There is a high dose of “nonsense” in the dialogues between the two, and this can become tiring, but it generally works without surprising. The rest of the cast does not have such good material and opportunities to stand out, thus leaving the film somewhat devoid of good characters other than the protagonists. On a technical level, the emphasis is on the costumes and sets. I can't say that there is great historical rigor here: historically, Hamlet's life is located in Denmark in the Year One Thousand and what we see is Renaissance, much more suited to people and figures who would be contemporary with Shakespeare. But I didn't have any problems with that, and that's not even a problem because all of this is fiction and can be situated in time whenever you want. Much more difficult to bear is the slight feeling that we are watching a kind of recorded play instead of a film.

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A Review by Filipe Manuel Neto

**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 Sh...

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A Review by FilipeManuelNeto 4

Written by FilipeManuelNeto on 2023-10-06

**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...

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