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Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1991)

08/02/1991 (GB)Comedy, Drama1h 57m
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A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself.

Overview

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

    Top Billed Cast

    1. Gary Oldman

      Gary Oldman

      Rosencrantz

    2. Tim Roth

      Tim Roth

      Guildenstern

    3. Richard Dreyfuss

      Richard Dreyfuss

      The Player

    4. Iain Glen

      Iain Glen

      Hamlet

    5. Ian Richardson

      Ian Richardson

      Polonius

    6. Donald Sumpter

      Donald Sumpter

      Claudius

    7. Joanna Miles

      Joanna Miles

      Gertrude

    8. Joanna Roth

      Ophelia

    9. John Burgess

      Ambassador from England

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    A review by Filipe Manuel Neto

    4.0
    Written by Filipe Manuel Neto on Oct 6, 2023

    **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 “...

    StatusReleased

    Original LanguageEnglish

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    Keywords

    • fate
    • existentialism