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Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead 1991

Film · 1991 · 1 h 57 min · Comedy, Drama

Directed by Tom Stoppard

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

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Synopsis

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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Cast

Gary Oldman Rosencrantz
Tim Roth Guildenstern
Richard Dreyfuss The Player
Iain Glen Hamlet
Ian Richardson Polonius
Donald Sumpter Claudius
Joanna Miles Gertrude
Joanna Roth Ophelia
John Burgess Ambassador from England
Livio Badurina Tragedian (Alfred)

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